A common force often reshaping the world – the determination of people to be self-defined and self-governed – is playing out in India these days. That’s because its design reflects a rise in Hindu nationalism, challenging India’s founding ideals of secular rule and respect for minority faiths. Its cavernous chambers will accommodate more members – meaning, in theory, better representative democracy as India has become the world’s most populous nation. The old Parliament, finished in 1927, was the centerpiece of a capital complex extolling British colonial rule. In December 2020, he laid the cornerstone for the new Parliament building as part of a broader project to assert a new national identity over the original imperial design of the capital complex.

Source: Daily Nation May 27, 2023 02:34 UTC