Why Indians in the UK are mobilising against the Modi government

Diaspora voices play a big role in shaping public opinion, and need to get louder in the run-up to the elections in India After becoming the Prime Minister of the world's largest democracy, Narendra Modi visited the United Kingdom in 2015, and what a welcome he received! About 800 performers pa...

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Published inThe Telegraph (India)
Main Authors Dey, Adrija, Chawla, Chandni, Chakravarty, Siddharth
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Calcutta Athena Information Solutions Pvt. Ltd 14.03.2019
Subjects
Activists
Arrests
Atrocities
Caste
Diaspora
Fascism
Human rights
Lankesh, Gauri
Modi, Narendra
Muslims
Neoliberalism
Political activism
Public opinion
Violence
United Kingdom > UK
United States > US
India
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Summary:Diaspora voices play a big role in shaping public opinion, and need to get louder in the run-up to the elections in India After becoming the Prime Minister of the world's largest democracy, Narendra Modi visited the United Kingdom in 2015, and what a welcome he received! About 800 performers participated in the free concert that preceded Modi's speech, and he was introduced on stage by the then British Prime Minister David Cameron. Since his visit coincided with the Diwali festival, it also featured what has been billed as one of London's largest ever firework displays. Hand-picked Modi supporters were allowed in his town-hall discussion and while both the right-wing and liberal media from India were present, most chose to completely ignore the protests around his visit, projecting a perfect image of Modi to the larger public imagination. [...]about end of 2018, Modi visited over 55 countries in 48 foreign trips since taking over as prime minister in May 2014. With the awareness that diaspora communities have a huge role to play, financially and otherwise in the upcoming Indian elections, and with a bid to counter the rise of Modi's fascist regime and to bring an international focus on the atrocities in India, the SOAS India Society has since December 2017 organised events, panel discussions, and film screenings every fortnight.