India is facing crucial elections

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"At the new year, managed two women with the help of the police to visit the Sabarimala temple in the south and politically progressive indian state of Kerala. It doesn't sound so dramatic, but was a crime with a centuries-old prohibition and the even older tradition that regarded women as unclean."

"the Conflict over women's access to the temple in Kerala has created violent protests. Militant hindinationalister have organized violent protests. 1 300 persons were arrested. One person has been killed and the two women are now forced to hide to get away fundamentalisternas hat."

"Millions of women protested by forming a hundreds of kilometres long human wall against discrimination."

"Foreign government on a queue"

"In the world has Modi, India's prime minister for five years, described often as a kind of liberal reformpolitiker. It has been helsidesreportage on the financial pages, rockstjärnestatus and foreign government on the queue. Norway's Erna Solberg visited in the last week."

"In 2014 managed to Modis party, the BJP, to take home a video: tough reforms ahead, with promises of economic development, simplification and the fight against the incessant corruption."

"the World expected economic growth and huge business opportunities. This applies not least to the Swedish arms industry, despite previous experiences."

"Long was described Modis policies as a success.nInför the elections to be held during the year, the picture has received an increasing number of cracks. Perpetrators of the violent clashes in Kerala belong to basically the same movement as the prime minister. During his time as head of the state government in Gujarat accused the Modi to have seen when over 1,000 people – mainly muslims – were murdered."

"Promises not met"

"Amnesty reports on increased pressure against journalists and freedom of the press headed in the wrong direction. The war in Kashmir has flared up again, and, above all, the government's market-oriented policies have not been able to live up to the promise of a better economy for all indians."

"Of the week, conducted the indian trade unions what they describe as the world's largest strike in protest against the indian government's anti-labour policies. As many as 200 million people could, according to the organizers have put in the work, among other things, for increased trade union influence and increased minimum wages."

"Farmers have been protesting against the low prices of onions and potatoes, and in local elections in the beginning of december, lost to the BJP in power in several important states."

"in India in the year go to the options it is not only important for South asia. It will affect the global evolution, and Sweden. Perhaps it is time that we – at least temporarily – to pay a little less attention to Trump's antics, and a little more to what happens on the indian subcontinent."