The Western rhetoric of India being the world’s largest democracy and India and the West sharing values should not be taken at face value read more It is remarkable how Western media, think tanks, foundations, civil society elements, and sections of the Indian diaspora have promoted an anti-Modi narrative in the lead-up to our national elections and have carried it through the weeks-long staggered polling. Foreign Affairs magazine has published articles from the most vicious Modi/BJP baiters. The Guardian has excelled itself in highly political malign reporting on India. The Financial Times has, as usual, liberally sullied India to the...