lunes, 27 de mayo de 2019

Transfiguring India | The Indian Express

Transfiguring India | The Indian Express



Transfiguring India

Are we on the path to a Hindu Rashtra? Much will depend on how the electoral verdict is read by the victor

Narendra Modi, BJP, Rahul Gandhi, Modi BJP, BJP Amit Shah, Elections 2019, Congress Nyay, LK Advani BJP, Lok Sabha Elections 2019
One could suggest that the election verdict was about the electorate’s comparative assessment of Rahul Gandhi and Narendra Modi as leaders, and people chose Modi over Rahul. (Express photo)


Every election outcome has two aspects: the statistical and the interpretative. Once the results are out, the purely statistical side has few mysteries to offer, unless we enter the complicated terrain of statistical inference. Basically, data show who won and who lost, revealing also the scale of victories and defeats. The interpretative side, however, is another matter. It is, among other things, about meanings. What does the victory signify? Here we enter an analytically — and politically — embattled domain.

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