How Zionism and Hindu Nationalism ‘Work TOGETHER’

On this episode of ‘Mehdi Unfiltered,’ Mehdi Hasan speaks to award-winning Indian author Arundhati Roy. In the wake of her global success, Roy says that India tried to trot her out as a symbol of Hindu nationalism. Instead, Roy became one of her country’s most prominent dissidents. “For me… there's never been a moment where I felt, ‘Oh, I should do this,’ or ‘I should keep quiet’, or ‘I should suck up to so and so,’” she says. Mehdi and Roy discuss what it’s like for her to be a target for Hindu nationalists, India and Kashmir, the parallels between Hindutva and Zionism, Israel’s brutal genocide in Gaza, Donald Trump and the rise of global fascism, and also Roy’s powerful new memoir, 'Mother Mary Comes to Me.' This interview was released earlier on Zeteo.com. If you want first access to unfiltered, hard-hitting conversations like this one, then subscribe to our Substack here: https://zeteo.com/subscribe Watch the full, wide-ranging interview to find out why Roy compares Indian media and Bollywood to “lynch mob leaders,” listen to her compare India and Israel, and hear why she believes authoritarians' “tiny little minds” will eventually tire. Subscribe to Zeteo to support independent and unfiltered journalism: https://zeteo.com/subscribe Chapters 0:00 Introduction 0:35 Memoir and Her Mother 8:10 Hindu Nationalism 18:29 Trump & Modi Playbook 24:27 Palestine vs Kashmir 30:21 Iraq and Gaza 32:50 Will Things Change? #news #india #us #israel Find Zeteo: Twitter:   / zeteo_news   Instagram:   / zeteonews   TikTok:   / zeteonews   Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/zeteo.com Find Mehdi: Substack: https://substack.com/@mehdirhasan Twitter:   / @mehdirhasan   Instagram:   / @mehdirhasan   Tik Tok:   / mehdirhasan  

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