Harsh Mander: Optimism after poll results dims as bulldozers return, hate attacks target minorities
The nightmare has commenced again – a nightmare in a loop. A protest against the lynching Mohammad Akhlaq, in Mumbai in October 2015. | AFP Ten years of Narendra Modi’s leadership since 2014 witnessed the steady metamorphosis of India into a republic of hate and fear. Lynching, genocidal hate speech and bulldozers became the chilling…