The Washington Post, April 24th, 1999
THE BARELY one-year-old Hindu nationalist government of India has collapsed. A small, irresponsible regional party in the ruling coalition defected, leaving Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee unable to govern. If the president cannot compose what would be the fifth government in three years, India faces its third general election in that span. Democratic, yes, but not what you would call orderly. India needs a government as a stable platform of reform. It doesn't have it now. Rule by a party organized around a religious tradition is not something new under the sun. But Hindu nationalism is an...
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