Modi Is Facing ‘A Million Mutinies’
For more than a decade, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has relied on fear to throttle dissent in India. It has jailed protesters, deployed a pliant media to vilify critics, and fanned the flames of communal violence. This year, that playbook appears to have lost its efficacy. Discontent has grown, and Modi’s power no longer seems unassailable.
The first signs of this change emerged over the summer.