Shashi Tharoor discusess if India's future involves secular liberalism.
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India is in a battle for its soul. Many fear sectarianism, and continue to hold on to secular liberalism. But not Narendra Modi, who envisions India as an ethno-religious Hindu Nation. Former UN Under-Secretary General, Shashi Tharoor, seeks a way forward at this turning point in Indian history.
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Shashi Tharoor is an Indian politician, writer and former international diplomat. He was formerly Under-Secretary General of the United Nations and contested for the post of Secretary-General in 2006. "One of India’s most articulate liberals and a leading voice of those who reject the aggressively fundamentalist strains of Hindu nationalism" - Financial Times
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