Hindu nationalism now mainstream, thanks to Modi's decade in power

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Hindu nationalism now mainstream, thanks to Modi's decade in power

AHMEDABAD, India — Hindu nationalism, once a fringe ideology in India, is now mainstream. Nobody has done more to advance this cause than Prime Minister Narendra Modi, one of India’s most beloved and polarizing political leaders. And no entity has had more influence on his political philosophy and ambitions than a paramilitary, right-wing group founded nearly a century ago and known as the RSS. "We never imagined that we would get power in such …