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‘A sweet breeze amid a heatwave’: liberals feel hope again following Narendra Modi’s loss of his majority
Fears for the future of democracy and tolerance recede after authoritarian PM left reliant on coalition partners
In the leafy surrounds of Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), a pocket of students sat beneath a banyan tree engaged in impassioned evening conversation. As usual, it was about politics – but this time the mood was different.
“For the first time in a decade, we have hope,” said Antariksh Sharma, who is doing his PhD in the arts. “It is like a sweet cold breeze amid a heatwave.”