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Modi’s BJP has swept the board in the general election – but what does the result mean for India, asks PAUL SIMON
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After the dismissal of union representatives and years of precarious working conditions, Kimpton Clocktower workers are drawing a line, writes THOMAS BELL
INDIA’S election win for Narendra Modi sparked a lot of breathless reporting in the Western liberal media.
Much was dominated by numbers, which will always be impressive in a country with such a huge population. The size of the aggregate electorate, the number who actually voted, the legions of polling stations and even the total number of candidates attracted attention, as if the electoral process itself is all that matters.
But there are some key figures the rest of the press did not bother with. Numbers that may foreshadow what the elections to India’s 16th Lok Sabha (parliament) may mean for the country’s billion inhabitants.
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