India Upstarts Threaten: New Politicians Enter India Government as Economic Engine Begins to Slow | Democracy, elections, and voting at DC

Baba Ramdev: Can a yogi turn Indian politics on its head?. It’s not yet 5 a.m, but hundreds of Indians are quietly shuffling into a football-field-sized yoga hall. A sea of people in white and saffron orange gangling aging men in loincloths, young angelic-looking women in pajamas, and wide-eyed children sit cross-legged on yoga mats. On the stage. How to customize this false script? Decade on from riots, Modi eyes India’s main stage. He was in power during India’s worst religious riots since independence and remains a hate figure for many of the country’s Muslims. But Narendra Modi, chief minister of Gujarat state, insists his region is now a role model for the rest of India as he positions himself for a widely expected tilt.