Day 1,669: accrue, downtrodden, Hindutva, exacerbate

A possible redrawing of parliamentary districts could see power accrue to the populous Hindi-speaking and bjp-supporting north, at the expense of the richer industrialised south.

The rate of formal job creation is much too low—one reason Mr Modi has built up digital welfare-schemes for the poor, augmenting his image among ordinary Hindus as a leader who cares about the downtrodden.

Hindutva holds little appeal in the south, and by pushing it further while concentrating more power in his own hands, Mr Modi could exacerbate already rising tensions over internal migrants, tax revenues and representation.

Narendra Modi’s illiberalism may imperil India’s economic progress

Artwork of the day 
Hindu Motif, or Graduated Red
Frantisek Kupka
Date: c.1921
Style: Orphism
Genre: abstract
Media: oil, canvas
Location: Georges Pompidou Center, Paris, France

Word of the day 
accrue: to increase in number or amount over a period of time: to come into existence as a legally enforceable claim
downtrodden: treated badly and unfairly:
Hindutva: a political ideology encompassing the cultural justification of Hindu nationalism and the belief in establishing Hindu hegemony within India.
exacerbate: to make something that is already bad even worse:

Quote of the day
“I've accrued a kind of patience, I believe, loosely like change.”

― Lorrie Moore, Who Will Run the Frog Hospital?