Episode
Part One: Narendra Modi, And India's Weird Nazi Obsession
1:10:19
Published: Tue Mar 31 2020
Description
Robert is joined by Sofiya Alexandra to discuss Narendra Modi.Footnotes: The Delhi pogrom 2020 is Amit Shah’s answer to an election defeat What Happened in Delhi Was a Pogrom Hitler Film Reveals India's Nazi Fascination World's Biggest Toilet-building Program in India Gets Mixed Results Hitler’s Hindus: The Rise and Rise of India’s Nazi-loving Nationalists Humble Beginnings: The Early Years In pictures: Narendra Modi's early life Blood and Soil in Narendra Modi’s India PM Modi turns 69: As a child Narendra Modi joined NCC, wanted to serve in the Army Modi: From tea boy to India's leader Personal Life Story Narendra Modi: man of the masses Modi to youth: If you don’t make sacrifice in battle today, history will curse you tomorrow The Unbearable Loneliness of Narendra Modi Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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