{"id":55328,"date":"2023-05-21T05:00:07","date_gmt":"2023-05-20T20:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2023\/may\/21\/narendra-modi-in-australia-a-polarising-leader-meets-a-divided-indian-diaspora"},"modified":"2023-05-21T05:00:07","modified_gmt":"2023-05-20T20:00:07","slug":"narendra-modi-in-australia-a-polarising-leader-meets-a-divided-indian-diaspora","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=55328","title":{"rendered":"Narendra Modi in Australia: a polarising leader meets a divided Indian diaspora"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>More than 20,000 supporters are expected at a public rally for the Indian PM in Sydney this week. But critics will be just as strident<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Get our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2022\/oct\/29\/email-newsletters-guardian-australia-best-daily-news-emails-newsletter-free-sign-up-inbox-subscribe-headlines?CMP=cvau_sfl\">morning and afternoon news emails<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/app.adjust.com\/w4u7jx3\">free app<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/series\/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl\">daily news podcas<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The public events speak to Narendra Modi\u2019s popularity among supporters &#8211; the adoring crowds waving banners, the car convoys and privately chartered \u201cModiAirways\u201d flights for those who will travel thousands of kilometres to hear him speak.<\/p>\n<p>But for the same man, posters have sprung up around Sydney \u2013 before being torn down \u2013 offering $10,000 for the citizen\u2019s arrest of the \u201cHindu Terrorist Modi\u201d and graffiti has been daubed on a Hindu temple in western Sydney reading: \u201cDeclare Modi Terrorist\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2022\/oct\/29\/email-newsletters-guardian-australia-best-daily-news-emails-newsletter-free-sign-up-inbox-subscribe-headlines?CMP=copyembed\">Sign up for Guardian Australia\u2019s free morning and afternoon<\/a><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2022\/oct\/29\/email-newsletters-guardian-australia-best-daily-news-emails-newsletter-free-sign-up-inbox-subscribe-headlines?CMP=copyembed\"> <\/a><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2022\/oct\/29\/email-newsletters-guardian-australia-best-daily-news-emails-newsletter-free-sign-up-inbox-subscribe-headlines?CMP=copyembed\">email newsletters for your daily news roundup<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2023\/may\/21\/narendra-modi-in-australia-a-polarising-leader-meets-a-divided-indian-diaspora\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than 20,000 supporters are expected at a public rally for the Indian PM in Sydney this week. 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