Sanjive and Seema Khanna argue over Prime Minister Narendra Modi at their home in Lucknow this month. To Seema, Modi can do no wrong, but to Sanjive, he has done nothing right. While such bitter political divisions are all too familiar in the United States, they are relatively new in India, the world’s largest democracy. Of course, there are differences between India, with its multitude of parties and parliamentary democracy, and the two-party system in the United States. Her father, a Modi enthusiast, told his children, both Modi detractors, that he felt ashamed of them.

Source: Washington Post May 19, 2019 06:56 UTC