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3 . “400 People Killed in Kashmir So Far in 2018, Highest in Almost 10 Years,” Reuters, December 23, 2018,https://www.huffingtonpost.in/2018/11/23/400-people-killed-in-kashmir-so-far-in-2018-highest-in-almost-10-years_a_23597844/ .4 . Aijaz Hussain, “In Life and Death, Fight against India Joins Kashmir Teens,” Associated Press, January 16, 2019,https://apnews.com/06975c4b8a25470898cd9c1b6b7050d1 .5 . Ankur Pathak, “‘Abhinandan,’ ‘Balakot,’ ‘Pulwama’: Bollywood Producers Fight to Register ‘Patriotic’ Movie Titles,” HuffPost India , February 28,2019, https://www.huffingtonpost.in/entry/abhinandan-balakot-pulwama-bollywood-producers-fight-to-register-patriotic-movietitles_in_5c778498e4b0952f89de441b.6 . “PM Narendra Modi Can Trace 3 Kg Beef but Not ‘350 kg’ RDX, Says Congress’s Haroon Yusuf,” Indian Express , February 22, 2019,https://indianexpress.com/article/india/three-kg-beef-can-be-traced-but-not-350-kg-rdx-haroon-yusuf-asks-5595856/.7 . Ritu Sarin, “Pulwama Attack: Intelligence Failure . . . We Are at Fault Also, Admits Governor,” Indian Express , February 15, 2019,https://indianexpress.com/article/india/kashmir-pulwama-crpf-attacks-intelligence-failure-governor-satya-pal-malik-5584865/ .8 . “Days Ahead of Pulwama Blast, Intelligence Warned of Possible IED Attacks: Report,” Outlook , February 15, 2019,https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/india-news-days-ahead-of-pulwama-blast-intelligence-warned-of-possible-suicide-attacks-report/325491 .9 . See Arundhati Roy, “#Me Too Urban Naxal,” HuffPost India , August 30, 2018, https://www.huffingtonpost.in/2018/08/30/arundhati-roy-says-me-toourban-naxal_a_23512718/.10 . Shubhajit Roy, “India Strikes Terror, Deep in Pakistan: Next Step, Diplomatic Outreach,” Indian Express , February 27, 2019,https://indianexpress.com/article/india/iaf-air-strike-pakistan-india-balakot-jaish-e-mohammad-mirage-5602259/ .11 . “Villagers Near Balakot Say Indian Warplanes Missed Jaish-Run Madrasa by a Kilometre,” Reuters, February 26, 2019,https://www.huffingtonpost.in/entry/villagers-balakot-india-warplanes-missed-jaish-run-madrasa-by-a-kilometre_in_5c752946e4b0bf1662033467 .12 . Muneeza Naqvi, “India Says It Has Struck Militants across Kashmir Frontier,” Associated Press, September 29, 2016,https://apnews.com/6355e09f1f364ca7b94d535df29c99a7 .13 . Maria Abi-Habib and Austin Ramzy, “Indian Jets Strike in Pakistan in Revenge for Kashmir Attack,” New York Times , February 25, 2019,https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/25/world/asia/india-pakistan-kashmir-jets.html .14 . “Pakistani Jets Violate Indian Air Space, Drop Bombs on Way Out,” HuffPost India , February 27, 2019,https://www.huffingtonpost.in/entry/pakistani-jets-violate-indian-air-space-drop-bombs-on-way-out_in_5c7625ebe4b0031d956348eb ; “India ShotDown One Pakistani Aircraft, One Indian Pilot Missing: MEA,” HuffPost India , February 27, 2019, https://www.huffingtonpost.in/entry/india-shotdown-one-pakistani-aircraft-one-indian-pilot-missing-mea_in_5c765df4e4b08c4f55559ce4; Maria Abi-Habib and Hari Kumar, “Pakistani MilitarySays It Downed Two Indian Warplanes, Capturing Pilot,” New York Times , February 27, 2019,https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/27/world/asia/kashmir-india-pakistan-aircraft.html .THE LANGUAGE OF LITERATURE1 . Arundhati Roy, “The Doctor and the Saint,” in My Seditious Heart: Collected Nonfiction (Chicago: Haymarket Books, 2019), 676, note 20.THE SILENCE IS THE LOUDEST SOUND1 . Haseeb A. Drabu, “Modi’s Majoritarian March to Kashmir,” New York Times , August 8, 2019, https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/08/opinion/modismajoritarian-march-to-kashmir.html.2 . Sameer Yasir, Suhasini Raj, and Jeffrey Gettleman, “Inside Kashmir, Cut Off from the World: ‘A Living Hell’ of Anger and Fear,” New York Times ,August 10, 2019, https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/10/world/asia/kashmir-india-pakistan.html .3 . See Vindu Goel, “What Is Article 370, and Why Does It Matter in Kashmir?,” New York Times , August 5, 2019,https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/world/asia/india-pakistan-crisis.html . See also A. G. Noorani, “Murder of Insaniyat, and of India’s SolemnCommitment to Kashmir,” The Wire , August 13, 2019, https://thewire.in/law/murder-of-insaniyat-and-of-indias-solemn-commitment-to-kashmir .4 . Drabu, “Modi’s Majoritarian March to Kashmir.”5 . See Sunil S. Amrith, “The Race to Dam the Himalayas,” New York Times , December 1, 2018,https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/01/opinion/himalayas-mountains-dams.html .6 . See “Kashmir Special Status Explained: What Are Articles 370 and 35A?,” Al Jazeera, August 5, 2019,https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/08/kashmir-special-status-explained-articles-370-35a-190805054643431.html . See also Venkatesh Nayak, “TheBackstory of Article 370: A True Copy of J&K’s Instrument of Accession,” The Wire , October 26, 2016, https://thewire.in/history/public-first-timejammu-kashmirs-instrument-accession-india.7 . “Haryana Chief Minister’s Bizarre ‘Joke’ on Kashmiri Daughters-In-Law,” NDTV, August 10, 2019, https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/haryana-chiefminister-manohar-lal-khattars-bizarre-joke-on-kashmiri-daughters-in-law-2083255.8 . See Mike Thomson, “Hyderabad 1948: India’s Hidden Massacre,” BBC News, September 24, 2013, https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-24159594 .9 . See Khalid Bashir Ahmad, “Circa 1947: A Long Story,” Kashmir Life , November 5, 2014, https://kashmirlife.net/circa-1947-a-long-story-67652/ .10 . See United Nations Security Council, Resolution 47 [S/726], April 21, 1948, pp. 3–8, https://undocs.org/S/RES/47(1948) .11 . See Pankaj Mishra, “Death in Kashmir,” New York Review of Books , September 21, 2000, https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2000/09/21/death-inkashmir/.12 . Muzamil Jaleel, “Why Kashmiris Want a Fair Probe into the Killings of Pandits, Prosecution of Guilty,” August 8, 2017,https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/why-kashmiris-want-a-fair-probe-into-the-killings-of-pandits-prosecution-of-guilty-4786855/ .13 . See Azad Essa’s interview with Mridu Rai, “Kashmir: The Pandit Question,” Al Jazeera, August 1, 2011,https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/spotlight/kashmirtheforgottenconflict/2011/07/2011724204546645823.html .14 . See Azad Essa, “Kashmiri Pandits: Why We Never Fled Kashmir,” Al Jazeera, August 2, 2011,https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/spotlight/kashmirtheforgottenconflict/2011/07/201176134818984961.html ,15 . Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons and Jammu Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society, Torture: Indian State’s Instrument of Control in IndianAdministered Jammu and Kashmir, February 2019, http://jkccs.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/TORTURE-Indian-State%E2%80%99s-Instrument-of-Control-in-Indian-administered-Jammu-and-Kashmir.pdf . See also Judith Matloff, “Kashmiri Mothers Hunt for Lost Sons,” Christian Science Monitor, February 1, 2008, https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-South-Central/2008/0201/p07s03-wosc.html .16 . Ellen Barry, “An Epidemic of ‘Dead Eyes’ in Kashmir as India Uses Pellet Guns on Protesters,” New York Times , August 28, 2016,https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/29/world/asia/pellet-guns-used-in-kashmir-protests-cause-dead-eyes-epidemic.html .17 . See chapter 3, “Our Captured, Wounded Hearts,” above. See also Basharat Peer, “The Young Suicide Bomber Who Brought India and Pakistan to theBrink of War,” New York Times , March 2, 2019, https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/02/opinion/sunday/kashmir-india-pakistan.html .18 . ANI, “Before Abolishing Article 370, Indian Army Identified Possible Trouble Spots in Kashmir,” Economic Times , August 8, 2019,https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/before-abolishing-article-370-indian-army-identified-possible-trouble-spots-in-

kashmir/articleshow/70583869.cms .19 . See Alasdair Pal, “India Boosts Hindu Pilgrimage to Holy Cave in Conflict-Torn Kashmir,” Reuters, July 28, 2019, https://uk.reuters.com/article/ukindia-kashmir-pilgrimage/india-boosts-hindu-pilgrimage-to-holy-cave-in-conflict-torn-kashmir-idUKKCN1UN04Q.20 . Vishnu Som, “Pak[istan] Army Landmine, Sniper Rifle Found in Amarnath Yatra Route: Army,” NDTV, August 2, 2019, https://www.ndtv.com/indianews/army-says-confirmed-intel-of-terrorists-backed-by-pakistan-army-trying-to-disrupt-amarnath-yatra-2079339.21 . “Leave Kashmir ASAP: J&K Govt Issues Advisory for Amarnath Yatra Pilgrims and Tourists,” India Today , August 2, 2019,https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/leave-kashmir-j-k-administration-issues-security-advisory-for-amarnath-pilgrims-1576494-2019-08-02 .22 . Shaswati Das, “Mehbooba Mufti, Omar Abdullah Arrested after Scrapping of Article 370,” Mint, August 5, 2019,https://www.livemint.com/politics/news/mehbooba-mufti-omar-abdullah-arrested-after-scrapping-of-article-370-1565015217174.html .23 . Muzaffar Raina, “Disarmed Fall Guys of Article 370,” The Telegraph , August 10, 2019, https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/disarmed-fall-guys-ofarticle-370/cid/1696748.24 . Promit Mukherjee, “India’s Modi Trumpets Kashmir, Muslim Marriage Moves in Independence Day Speech,” Reuters, August 15, 2019,https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-india-independenceday-modi/indias-modi-trumpets-kashmir-muslim-marriage-moves-in-independence-day-speechidUKKCN1V50K4.25 . Indrajit Kundu, “Kashmir Effect: Rebel Groups Ban Independence Day Celebrations in Northeast,” India Today , August 14, 2019,https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/kashmir-effect-rebel-groups-ban-independence-day-celebrations-in-northeast-1580947-2019-08-14 .26 . See Charlie Phillips, “The Hour of Lynching: The Killing of Muslim Cow Farmers in India,” The Guardian , May 24, 2019,https://www.theguardian.com/news/2019/may/24/the-hour-of-lynching-the-killing-of-muslim-cow-farmers-in-india .27 . See Pankaj Mishra, “The Other Face of Fanaticism,” New York Times Magazine , February 2, 2003,https://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/02/magazine/the-other-face-of-fanaticism.html . See also Dhirendra K. Jha, “How the RSS Became Involved inRunning the Bhonsala Military School,” Caravan , April 26, 2017, https://caravanmagazine.in/vantage/the-rss-bhonsala-military-school-dhirendra-kjha.28 . See Rollo Romig, “Railing Against India’s Right-Wing Nationalism Was a Calling. It Was Also a Death Sentence,” New York Times Magazine ,March 14, 2019, https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/14/magazine/gauri-lankesh-murder-journalist.html .29 . Ram Madhav, “This Election Result Is a Positive Mandate in Favour of Narendra Modi,” Indian Express , May 24, 2019,https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/lok-sabha-elections-result-narendra-modi-bjp-government-congress-5745313/ .30 . “Rajya Sabha: UAPA Bill Passed despite Opposition Fears,” The Hindu , August 2, 2019, https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/uapaamendment-bill-gets-rajya-sabha-approval/article28796520.ece.31 . Siddharth Varadarajan, “Allowing the State to Designate Someone as a ‘Terrorist’ without Trial Is Dangerous,” The Wire , August 2, 2019,https://thewire.in/rights/uapa-bjp-terrorist-amit-shah-nia .32 . See Geeta Pandey, “Jai Shri Ram: The Hindu Chant That Became a Murder Cry,” BBC News, July 10, 2019, https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asiaindia-48882053.33 . See Abhishek Angad, “Tabrez Ansari 18th Mob Violence Victim in Jharkhand in Three Years,” Indian Express , July 1, 2019,https://indianexpress.com/article/india/tabrez-ansari-18th-mob-violence-victim-in-jharkhand-in-three-years-5808122/ .INTIMATIONS OF AN ENDING1 . Ephrat Livni, “Nearly 2 Million People in India Have Just Been Rendered Stateless by a Bureaucratic Act,” Quartz India, August 31, 2019,https://qz.com/1699761/indias-national-register-of-citizens-makes-nearly-2-million-stateless/ .2 . Annalisa Merelli, “The BJP’s Threat to Restrict Indian Citizenship Unmasks the Ugliest Side of Nationalism,” Quartz India, April 11, 2019,https://qz.com/india/1591557/bjp-threat-to-restrict-indian-citizenship-targets-muslims/ .3 . Rebecca Ratcliffe, “India Set to Withdraw Kashmir’s Special Status and Split It in Two,” The Guardian, August 5, 2019,https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/05/india-revoke-disputed-kashmir-special-status .4 . See Masha Gessen, “‘The Right to Have Rights’ and the Plight of the Stateless,” New Yorker , May 3, 2018, https://www.newyorker.com/news/ourcolumnists/the-right-to-have-rights-and-the-plight-of-the-stateless.5 . Narendra Modi, “Full Text of Modi’s First Speech after Historic Election Victory,” Business Insider , May 26, 2019,https://www.businessinsider.in/full-text-of-modi-speech-lok-sabha-election-2019/articleshow/69467611.cms .6 . Krishna N. Das, “Hindu Group behind Modi’s Rise in India Opens Up as Elections Near,” Reuters, September 18, 2018,https://www.reuters.com/article/us-india-election-rss/hindu-group-behind-modis-rise-in-india-opens-up-as-elections-near-idUSKCN1LY1GI .7 . Avinash Dutt Garg, “Muzaffarnagar: Tales of Death and Despair in India’s Riot-Hit Town,” BBC News, September 25, 2013,https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-24172537 .8 . Sruthi Gottipati and Annie Banerji, “Modi’s ‘Puppy’ Remark Triggers New Controversy over 2002 Riots,” Reuters, July 12, 2013,https://in.reuters.com/article/narendra-modi-puppy-reuters-interview/modis-puppy-remark-triggers-new-controversy-over-2002-riotsidINDEE96B08S20130712.9 . Sai Manish, “86% of Currency by Value in India Are of Rs 500 & Rs 1,000 Denominations,” Business Standard , November 9, 2016,https://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/86-of-currency-by-value-in-india-are-of-rs-500-rs-1-000-denominations-116110801416_1.html .10 . Asit Ranjan Mishra, “Arvind Subramanian Speaks Up, Says Demonetisation Was a Draconian Move,” Mint, November 30, 2018,https://www.livemint.com/Politics/Zwagzf4FCtXQsAdy0JLWpK/Arvind-Subramanian-speaks-up-says-demonetisation-was-a-drac.html .11 . Anand Patel, “Cat Finally Out of the Bag: Unemployment at 45-Year High, Government Defends Data,” India Today , May 31, 2019,https://www.indiatoday.in/business/story/india-unemployment-rate-6-1-per-cent-45-year-high-nsso-report-1539580-2019-05-31 .12 . Concern Worldwide and Welthungerhilfe, 2019 Global Hunger Index by Severity , https://www.globalhungerindex.org/results.html .13 . Archis Mohan, “BJP Richest Political Party with Rs. 10.03 Billion Income in FY17: ADR,” Business Standard , April 11, 2018, https://www.businessstandard.com/article/politics/bjp-richest-political-party-with-rs-10-03-billion-income-in-fy17-adr-118041001008_1.html.14 . Sanjay Singh, “Mohan Bhagwat Meets Diplomats: Signs of ‘Secretive’ Sangh Shedding Reticence,” Firstpost, September 13, 2017,https://www.firstpost.com/politics/mohan-bhagwat-meets-diplomats-signs-of-secretive-sangh-shedding-reticence-4039533.html .15 . Sidharth Bhatia, “The Cruel Irony of the German Ambassador’s Visit to the RSS Headquarters,” The Wire , July 20, 2019,https://thewire.in/world/german-ambassador-walter-lindner-rss-headquarters .16 . Maria Abi-Habib and Sameer Yasir, “Court Backs Hindus on Ayodhya, Handing Modi Victory in His Bid to Remake India,” New York Times ,November 8, 2019, https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/08/world/asia/ayodhya-supreme-court-india.html .17 . Alison Saldanha and Chaitanya Mallapur, “Crime Rate against Dalits Increased by 25% from 2006 to 2016; Cases Pending Investigation Up by 99%,”Firstpost, April 9, 2018, https://www.firstpost.com/india/crime-rate-against-dalits-increased-by-25-from-2006-to-2016-cases-pending-investigation-upby-99-4419369.html.

kashmir/articleshow/70583869.cms .

19 . See Alasdair Pal, “India Boosts Hindu Pilgrimage to Holy Cave in Conflict-Torn Kashmir,” Reuters, July 28, 2019, https://uk.reuters.com/article/ukindia-kashmir-pilgrimage/india-boosts-hindu-pilgrimage-to-holy-cave-in-conflict-torn-kashmir-idUKKCN1UN04Q

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20 . Vishnu Som, “Pak[istan] Army Landmine, Sniper Rifle Found in Amarnath Yatra Route: Army,” NDTV, August 2, 2019, https://www.ndtv.com/indianews/army-says-confirmed-intel-of-terrorists-backed-by-pakistan-army-trying-to-disrupt-amarnath-yatra-2079339

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21 . “Leave Kashmir ASAP: J&K Govt Issues Advisory for Amarnath Yatra Pilgrims and Tourists,” India Today , August 2, 2019,

https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/leave-kashmir-j-k-administration-issues-security-advisory-for-amarnath-pilgrims-1576494-2019-08-02 .

22 . Shaswati Das, “Mehbooba Mufti, Omar Abdullah Arrested after Scrapping of Article 370,” Mint, August 5, 2019,

https://www.livemint.com/politics/news/mehbooba-mufti-omar-abdullah-arrested-after-scrapping-of-article-370-1565015217174.html .

23 . Muzaffar Raina, “Disarmed Fall Guys of Article 370,” The Telegraph , August 10, 2019, https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/disarmed-fall-guys-ofarticle-370/cid/1696748

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24 . Promit Mukherjee, “India’s Modi Trumpets Kashmir, Muslim Marriage Moves in Independence Day Speech,” Reuters, August 15, 2019,

https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-india-independenceday-modi/indias-modi-trumpets-kashmir-muslim-marriage-moves-in-independence-day-speechidUKKCN1V50K4

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25 . Indrajit Kundu, “Kashmir Effect: Rebel Groups Ban Independence Day Celebrations in Northeast,” India Today , August 14, 2019,

https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/kashmir-effect-rebel-groups-ban-independence-day-celebrations-in-northeast-1580947-2019-08-14 .

26 . See Charlie Phillips, “The Hour of Lynching: The Killing of Muslim Cow Farmers in India,” The Guardian , May 24, 2019,

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2019/may/24/the-hour-of-lynching-the-killing-of-muslim-cow-farmers-in-india .

27 . See Pankaj Mishra, “The Other Face of Fanaticism,” New York Times Magazine , February 2, 2003,

https://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/02/magazine/the-other-face-of-fanaticism.html . See also Dhirendra K. Jha, “How the RSS Became Involved in

Running the Bhonsala Military School,” Caravan , April 26, 2017, https://caravanmagazine.in/vantage/the-rss-bhonsala-military-school-dhirendra-kjha

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28 . See Rollo Romig, “Railing Against India’s Right-Wing Nationalism Was a Calling. It Was Also a Death Sentence,” New York Times Magazine ,

March 14, 2019, https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/14/magazine/gauri-lankesh-murder-journalist.html .

29 . Ram Madhav, “This Election Result Is a Positive Mandate in Favour of Narendra Modi,” Indian Express , May 24, 2019,

https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/lok-sabha-elections-result-narendra-modi-bjp-government-congress-5745313/ .

30 . “Rajya Sabha: UAPA Bill Passed despite Opposition Fears,” The Hindu , August 2, 2019, https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/uapaamendment-bill-gets-rajya-sabha-approval/article28796520.ece

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31 . Siddharth Varadarajan, “Allowing the State to Designate Someone as a ‘Terrorist’ without Trial Is Dangerous,” The Wire , August 2, 2019,

https://thewire.in/rights/uapa-bjp-terrorist-amit-shah-nia .

32 . See Geeta Pandey, “Jai Shri Ram: The Hindu Chant That Became a Murder Cry,” BBC News, July 10, 2019, https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asiaindia-48882053

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33 . See Abhishek Angad, “Tabrez Ansari 18th Mob Violence Victim in Jharkhand in Three Years,” Indian Express , July 1, 2019,

https://indianexpress.com/article/india/tabrez-ansari-18th-mob-violence-victim-in-jharkhand-in-three-years-5808122/ .

INTIMATIONS OF AN ENDING

1 . Ephrat Livni, “Nearly 2 Million People in India Have Just Been Rendered Stateless by a Bureaucratic Act,” Quartz India, August 31, 2019,

https://qz.com/1699761/indias-national-register-of-citizens-makes-nearly-2-million-stateless/ .

2 . Annalisa Merelli, “The BJP’s Threat to Restrict Indian Citizenship Unmasks the Ugliest Side of Nationalism,” Quartz India, April 11, 2019,

https://qz.com/india/1591557/bjp-threat-to-restrict-indian-citizenship-targets-muslims/ .

3 . Rebecca Ratcliffe, “India Set to Withdraw Kashmir’s Special Status and Split It in Two,” The Guardian, August 5, 2019,

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/05/india-revoke-disputed-kashmir-special-status .

4 . See Masha Gessen, “‘The Right to Have Rights’ and the Plight of the Stateless,” New Yorker , May 3, 2018, https://www.newyorker.com/news/ourcolumnists/the-right-to-have-rights-and-the-plight-of-the-stateless

.

5 . Narendra Modi, “Full Text of Modi’s First Speech after Historic Election Victory,” Business Insider , May 26, 2019,

https://www.businessinsider.in/full-text-of-modi-speech-lok-sabha-election-2019/articleshow/69467611.cms .

6 . Krishna N. Das, “Hindu Group behind Modi’s Rise in India Opens Up as Elections Near,” Reuters, September 18, 2018,

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-india-election-rss/hindu-group-behind-modis-rise-in-india-opens-up-as-elections-near-idUSKCN1LY1GI .

7 . Avinash Dutt Garg, “Muzaffarnagar: Tales of Death and Despair in India’s Riot-Hit Town,” BBC News, September 25, 2013,

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-24172537 .

8 . Sruthi Gottipati and Annie Banerji, “Modi’s ‘Puppy’ Remark Triggers New Controversy over 2002 Riots,” Reuters, July 12, 2013,

https://in.reuters.com/article/narendra-modi-puppy-reuters-interview/modis-puppy-remark-triggers-new-controversy-over-2002-riotsidINDEE96B08S20130712

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9 . Sai Manish, “86% of Currency by Value in India Are of Rs 500 & Rs 1,000 Denominations,” Business Standard , November 9, 2016,

https://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/86-of-currency-by-value-in-india-are-of-rs-500-rs-1-000-denominations-

116110801416_1.html .

10 . Asit Ranjan Mishra, “Arvind Subramanian Speaks Up, Says Demonetisation Was a Draconian Move,” Mint, November 30, 2018,

https://www.livemint.com/Politics/Zwagzf4FCtXQsAdy0JLWpK/Arvind-Subramanian-speaks-up-says-demonetisation-was-a-drac.html .

11 . Anand Patel, “Cat Finally Out of the Bag: Unemployment at 45-Year High, Government Defends Data,” India Today , May 31, 2019,

https://www.indiatoday.in/business/story/india-unemployment-rate-6-1-per-cent-45-year-high-nsso-report-1539580-2019-05-31 .

12 . Concern Worldwide and Welthungerhilfe, 2019 Global Hunger Index by Severity , https://www.globalhungerindex.org/results.html .

13 . Archis Mohan, “BJP Richest Political Party with Rs. 10.03 Billion Income in FY17: ADR,” Business Standard , April 11, 2018, https://www.businessstandard.com/article/politics/bjp-richest-political-party-with-rs-10-03-billion-income-in-fy17-adr-118041001008_1.html

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14 . Sanjay Singh, “Mohan Bhagwat Meets Diplomats: Signs of ‘Secretive’ Sangh Shedding Reticence,” Firstpost, September 13, 2017,

https://www.firstpost.com/politics/mohan-bhagwat-meets-diplomats-signs-of-secretive-sangh-shedding-reticence-4039533.html .

15 . Sidharth Bhatia, “The Cruel Irony of the German Ambassador’s Visit to the RSS Headquarters,” The Wire , July 20, 2019,

https://thewire.in/world/german-ambassador-walter-lindner-rss-headquarters .

16 . Maria Abi-Habib and Sameer Yasir, “Court Backs Hindus on Ayodhya, Handing Modi Victory in His Bid to Remake India,” New York Times ,

November 8, 2019, https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/08/world/asia/ayodhya-supreme-court-india.html .

17 . Alison Saldanha and Chaitanya Mallapur, “Crime Rate against Dalits Increased by 25% from 2006 to 2016; Cases Pending Investigation Up by 99%,”

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