Recent exclusionary steps can only bring India’s international image down

December 16, 2019

In his December 15, 2019 Indian Express column, Recent exclusionary steps can only bring India’s international image down, Varshney analysizes the profound implications of the legal changes made by the Government of India to secure a religious restriction in India's citizenship laws.  Promising a second legal move -- a national register of citizens requiring documentary proof for Indian ancestry, which will make Muslims stateless if they don't have documents but will allow "undocumented" Hindus a pathway to citizenship  -- Varshney argues that Delhi is moving in the direction of the European horrors of the 1930s and 1940s. Read the full article.