Modi Operandi

The Brian Lehrer Show | Sep 30, 2014

WNYC reporter Arun Venugopal and Dr. Manu Bhagavan, history professor at Hunter College and the CUNY Graduate Center and chair of the Hunter human rights program, talk about Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the U.S.  The Indian diaspora has mostly welcomed him with open arms - but Dr. Bhagavan wonders whether the prime minister's goals are jingoistic.

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