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Denver Post columnist Ved Nanda at one time spent several weeks in Gujarat working with India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi to help set up a law school, so his perspective this Sunday on Modi’s landslide victory and the political implications of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s “stunning victory” was particularly insightful.
Nanda argues that the West, especially the media, has failed to understand Modi’s Hindu Nationalism in terms of what it truly means. “Viewing it through a Western prism is not accurate,” Nanda writes. Nanda explains how India’s nationalist movement is nothing like the extremist movements occurring in western Europe.
For opinions that hit a bit closer to home this week, be sure to read Patty Limerick’s effort to inspire bravery like that of Kendrick Castillo who died trying to stop a shooter in STEM School Highlands Ranch, no matter how that bravery might manifest itself.
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Perspective
First, a summary of what was in our Sunday Perspective section this week:
Editorial:Respond aggressively to Colorado’s declining vaccination rate
Patty Limerick: Introducing two heroes — Kendrick Castillo and Roger Boisjoly — who need no introduction
Jon Caldara: Colorado is ready for a reasonable abortion debate
Ian Silverii: Ditch the Electoral College and the inequality it perpetuates
The biggest fight facing the U.S. women’s soccer team isn’t on the field. Lindsay Parks Pieper and Tate Royer describe the history of discrimination in soccer and argue that “until the USSF, and other sports organizers, stop viewing female athletes as inherently inferior and their play as fundamentally substandard, women will have to combine on-field victories with off-field activism.”
Letters to the editor: On the letters page, Denver Post readers tackled a number of issues. Here are several of their letters:
- 6/16: Good people with guns; Colorado can lead way again in abortion fight
- 6/15: “Tasting” marijuana is legit
- 6/14: Sullivan has helped Coloradans; Keep your Giellis campaign signs; more responses
Waldman. Donald Trump’s latest bit of stagecraft regarding a supposed agreement with Mexico to avoid tariffs — signified by a piece of paper the president waved at members of the media last week — follows a similar pattern for this administration. And when Trump does something like this, no one believes him any longer, Paul Waldman writes.
Nanda. In his first tweet after being elected to a second term, Prime Minister Narendra Modi mentioned his goal is to create “an inclusive India.” This was an apt response to those in the media, Ved Nanda writes, especially the Western media, who have compared his “Hindu nationalism” with extreme nationalism currently witnessed in Poland, Hungary, and Austria.
Will. While today’s incumbent advertises himself as an “extremely stable genius” and those who would replace him promise national transformation, attention should be paid to the granular details of presidential politics, which suggest that a politics of modesty might produce voting changes where they matter, George Will writes.
The past week
Here are highlights from last week’s opinion coverage:
Editorial: Keep police and fire radio communications open and transparent
Guest Commentary:Colorado doctors need research to help them prevent gun deaths
Guest Commentary: Sloan’s Lake development is a model for Denver’s affordable housing needs
Guest Commentary: Proposed development on Sloan’s Lake offers “poor doors” instead of affordable housing
John Wenzel: Chris Brown headlining Summer Jam is a stain on Denver
More letter from readers
- 6/13: Sullivan has helped Coloradans; Keep your Giellis campaign signs; more responses
- 6/12: Columbine High School’s future; A vote to diminish your vote; Artistic interpretation
- 6/11: Praising, criticizing Donald Trump’s tariffs; Dodgeball — harmless game or dehumanizing torture?
- 6/10: Buy-in needed for education goal; Underperforming legislators; Remember the Allies too; Tough tariff stance is right
The Sound Off, which is emailed to subscribers every Monday, is a roundup of what we’ve been publishing on the opinion pages over the past week. That includes Denver Post , op-ed by Post columnists like Jon Caldara and Vincent Carroll as well as nationally syndicated columnists like George F. Will and Catherine Rampell, plus guest commentaries, and editorial .
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