ASSOCIATED PRESS Police officers detain a protesting against the new citizenship law outside Uttar Pradesh Bhawan on Friday, Dec. 27, 2019. Welcome to the latest instalment of The Idea of India, HuffPost India’s monthly conversation about how we see ourselves as a people and a nation. The police’s essentially colonial nature was on full display this month in Uttar Pradesh. In a conversation with HuffPost India, Lindenthal talked about how he assumed India’s famed diversity came a large heart and generous spirit. I was really impressed to see how well diversity works in India.

Source: Huffington Post January 23, 2020 10:07 UTC