Modi: Focusing on the Indian Diaspora Abroad

... Nehru’s successors as Prime Minister for the Indian National Congress was guided by the same thinking. The current ruling party in India is the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP, or Indian People’s Party), which is committed to Hindutva, a form of nationalism based on the religious traditions of Hinduism. According to Hindutva, India serves as the centre of the “Hindu world”, and maintaining close ties between Mother India and the Indian diaspora abroad is an integral part of the great ...