https://www.scmp.com/rss/325600/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com On a hot April day in 2014, a fervent crowd of thousands surged through the streets of Varanasi to catch a glimpse of one man: Narendra Modi, the son of a Gujarati tea seller who had risen to become the charismatic leader of India’s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). For the imminent general election in the world’s largest democracy, Modi had effectively abandoned his native Gujarat (where the BJP was already secure) and stood for parliament in Varanasi, also known in English as... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/society/article/2117350/india-killing-ganges-and-modi-can-do-nothing-about-it?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/society/article/2117350/india-killing-ganges-and-modi-can-do-nothing-about-it?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 29 Oct 2017 05:01:34 +0000