{"id":30231,"date":"2021-03-27T02:52:05","date_gmt":"2021-03-26T17:52:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/mar\/26\/india-soul-at-stake-west-bengalis-vote-in-divisive-election-modi-bjp"},"modified":"2021-03-27T02:52:05","modified_gmt":"2021-03-26T17:52:05","slug":"indias-soul-at-stake-west-bengalis-vote-in-divisive-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=30231","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;India&#8217;s soul at stake&#8217;: West Bengalis vote in divisive election"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tensions between Muslims and Hindus high as Modi\u2019s BJP shows it could win state for first time<\/p>\n<p>In the sleepy, swampy surroundings of Nandigram, West Bengal, where mango and coconut trees grow in abundance, bicycles meander down dusty lanes and ponds fester with green algae, a vicious political showdown has been brewing.<\/p>\n<p>West Bengal, one of India\u2019s most populous states, will begin voting in its elections on Saturday to elect its state government. The significance of the poll, however, spreads far beyond the state\u2019s borders. \u201cThe soul of not just Bengal but India is at stake,\u201d said Malay Tewari, a Bengali social activist.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/mar\/26\/india-soul-at-stake-west-bengalis-vote-in-divisive-election-modi-bjp\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tensions between Muslims and Hindus high as Modi\u2019s BJP shows it could win state for first timeIn the sleepy, swampy surroundings of Nandigram, West Bengal, where mango and coconut trees grow in abundance, bicycles meander down dusty lanes and ponds fes&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2041,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sns_share_botton_hide":"","vkExUnit_sns_title":"","_vk_print_noindex":"","sitemap_hide":"","_veu_custom_css":"","veu_display_promotion_alert":"","vkexunit_cta_each_option":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[516,62,447,371,61,42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hinduism","category-india","category-islam","category-religion","category-south-and-central-asia","category-world-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"veu_head_title_object":{"title":"","add_site_title":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2041"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30231"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30231\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30250,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30231\/revisions\/30250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}