India’s democracy is contested, a competition between political parties. Instead, the crisis centers on competing visions of Indian nationhood: Will India remain a pluralistic constitutional republic, or will it more forcefully assert itself as a Hindu majoritarian state? Heightened religious polarization fueled by increasingly dehumanizing political rhetoric, discriminatory policies, and politicized narratives of Indian history has prompted experts on genocide prevention to conclude that India now displays many of the known warning signs for atrocity risks.
