The article has been published at a time when many foreign media outlets have criticised the BJP and the Modi government for its divisive policies. Several Twitter users compared it with a cover of the same magazine 10 years ago, which had said that India’s economy would outrun China’s. And as Modi supporters criticised The Economist with the hashtag #boycotteconomy (no one knows why!! ), and even went to the extent of calling the magazine anti-national and anti-India, Twitter users trolled bhakts with jokes. Here are some Twitter reactions to the The Economist’s cover story:

Source: Huffington Post January 24, 2020 09:56 UTC