Betwa Sharma reports on the evolving authoritarianism of the Modi government in response to the protesting farmers camped out on national highways during a very cold winter.
LETTER FROM INDIA: Crackdown on Rights & Freedoms
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LETTER FROM INDIA: Indian Farmers’ Protest Takes Tragic Turn
New laws deregulating Indian agriculture, and the undemocratic way they were passed, have triggered one of the largest farmers’ movements in the world, reports Betwa Sharma for CN from Delhi.
LETTER FROM INDIA: ‘Love Jihad’: India Is Further Dividing Hindus & Muslims
A new law in Uttar Pradesh adds to the attack on the country’s core values of secularism and pluralism, Betwa Sharma reports.