How a new law moves India closer to being 'a Hindu country'
The scenes from the world's largest democracy are startling. Indian police have stormed college campuses, spraying crowds with tear gas, beating students with sticks and hauling away hundreds. In cities nationwide, students have massed in peaceful vigils to protest the government's actions.
The spark for the unrest is a new citizenship law that critics say discriminates against Muslims, who make up 14% of India's 1.3 billion people, the largest religious minority in a country that is 80% Hindu.
Passed last week, the law to many represents the latest plank in a years-long project by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to remake India - founded as a secular, pluralist republic in
