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“Narendra Modi & The Trains Are On-Time Again!”

January 14, 2011
By Arjun Appadurai
“Narendra Modi & The Trains Are On-Time Again!”

Tweet This morning’s Wall Street Journal has a long feature on the Indian State of Gujarat, which is essentially a PR piece for Narendra Modi, the Chief Minister of the State, who has been identified by a series of groups, inquiries and reports to have actively encouraged the killing of hundreds of Muslims in...
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Palin & “Blood Libel”

January 13, 2011
By Arjun Appadurai
Palin & “Blood Libel”

Tweet I first saw the term “Blood Libel” used in a Wall Street Journal editorial, an early entry in the “it’s-not-our-fault=don’t blame us” response from the American Right to the recent Tucson murders. Sarah Palin, as usual, picked the term up for its color, doubtlessly ignorant of its pathological Anti-Semitic roots. It’s yet another...
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