{"id":185,"date":"2015-11-12T07:59:43","date_gmt":"2015-11-12T07:59:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/melangedmaculateme.wordpress.com\/2015\/11\/12\/narendra-modis-visit-to-the-uk-is-overshadowed-by\/"},"modified":"2023-07-28T16:25:08","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T20:25:08","slug":"narendra-modis-visit-to-the-uk-is-overshadowed-by","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melange.dmaculate.me\/home\/2015\/11\/12\/narendra-modis-visit-to-the-uk-is-overshadowed-by\/","title":{"rendered":"Narendra Modi\u2019s visit to the UK is overshadowed by nationalist violence in India | Mirza Waheed"},"content":{"rendered":"
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During his trip to Silicon Valley in September, Modi was seen hugging a fawning Mark Zuckerberg. Yet, at the same time he was promoting Digital India to Silicon Valley tech-plutocrats, his government turned off the internet in disputed Kashmir for nearly four days.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Narendra Modi\u2019s visit to the UK is overshadowed by nationalist violence in India | Mirza Waheed<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

During his trip to Silicon Valley in September, Modi was seen hugging a fawning Mark Zuckerberg. 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