It was one of a zillion zany moments in India’s frenetic election season. In April the country’s Electoral Commission shelved the release of a biopic film profiling Prime Minister Narendra Modi, after opposition parties claimed it would give him an unfair electoral advantage. But despite its delayed unveiling until after polling closed, Modi was still able to broadcast a captivating production of his own to the Indian people.
That production was his theatrical campaign, which ultimately won him, and the right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), another five years in power. It resonated with so many that it created a cult-like […]
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