Ram Madhav writes: The global turn to conservatism is mirrored in India

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Should we call ourselves “conservative”? A section of India’s ruling right-wing establishment appears to be mulling over this. As Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government completes 10 years in office, its unapologetic embrace of India’s cultural and civilisational identity has prompted many in those circles to enthusiastically come forward to identify with the concept of “conservatism”. There is a global context to it. Of late, with more and more countries in Europe electing right-wing parties to power, conservatism seems to have returned as the flavour of the season. It is being written and talked about a lot these days, not with...