Somdeep Sen teaches international relations at Roskilde University and is the author of Decolonizing Palestine: Hamas Between the Anticolonial and the Postcolonial.
Donald Trump’s return to power is a morale booster for far-right politicians like Viktor Orbán, Javier Milei, and Giorgia Meloni. Having pioneered many of the destructive, reactionary ideas associated with Trumpism, they’re now aspiring to global hegemony.
For decades, the Indian state has suppressed the democratic rights of Kashmiris. Narendra Modi’s hard-right government is taking this pattern of repression to new extremes, with the complicity of Indian intellectuals who seek to toxify the cause of Kashmir.
India’s experience of COVID-19 has gone from crisis to catastrophe in recent months. Responsibility for the disaster lies squarely with Narendra Modi’s right-wing government, which has consistently prioritized its own political interests over public health.
With its economic resources and geopolitical strength, India should be in a better position to face COVID-19 than most countries in the Global South. But its people are paying the price for incompetent policymaking and years of neglect under Narendra Modi.