Is Modi unstoppable?

Real rival: Kejriwal (centre) waves after paying his respect at the Hanuman Temple in New Delhi. – AFP

ON 24 February 2020, the leaders of the world’s two largest democracies will meet in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.

Donald Trump and Narendra Modi are birds of a feather – autocrats who think nothing of lying, undermining their respective constitutions, and spewing racist venom. Trump has built facilities to detain Latino “illegal immigrants” near the US’ border with Mexico – Modi’s allegedly doing the same for their Muslim equivalents in Assam.