When Is a Protest Too Late?
The demonstrations against India’s new citizenship law have had an emotional impact—but can they make a tangible one?
When Narendra Modi was reelected prime minister of India in a landslide victory in May, some wondered what he might do with his new mandate. Half a year later, the answer is: a lot.
He has continued his quest of —including backing the construction of a Hindu temple on a where a mosque once stood before it was destroyed by right-wing mobs. He revoked the special autonomous , India’s sole Muslim-majority province that is also claimed by Pakistan. A state government led by his party in northeastern India that effectively rendered nearly 2 million people, many of whom
