India

The Prospect Interview #177: The trials of Narendra Modi

The Indian prime minister had shaken off scandal after scandal. Then came the pandemic

April 27, 2021
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India’s Covid-19 crisis has seriously shaken public confidence in prime minister Narendra Modi—but will it unseat him? Prospect contributor Andrew Adonis and Cambridge historian Shruti Kapila join the Prospect Interview to talk about the swift rise of Modi, what differentiates him from the other populists, and what enabled India’s Covid-19 disaster.

You can read Andrew Adonis’s profile of Narendra Modi here

Find all episodes of the Prospect Interview here