Indian election setback for Modi reflects dismay of low-caste Hindu voters

DHAMPUR, India — Long before India’s shock election results released this week eroded Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s political mandate, the seeds of discontent were planted in the poor, zigzagging alleys housing Indians at the foot of society. Months ago, upper-caste members of Modi’s party boasted they would gain so much political power that they would … Read more