and it doesn't explain a growing majority. majoritarianism, an imposition of hinduism on the nation and this was coming and this is the second term and it will be reinforced during this second term of five years, india was founded as a secular republic so it is significant departure from the path its founders and constitution had laid out. is there any talk about changing the constitution or is this more of a cultural majoritarianism? in terms of changing it is not in the bjp‘s manifesto, but this has been their proclaimed object all along. what do you think? this development of ethnic religious identity is interesting and we are seeing it enough a lot of established democracies and it is conceivable this is not a coincidence that india has been emerging economy into the world economy and the globalisation of the economy, particularly the globalisation of labour seems seems to have created a sense of threat that causes people perhaps justifiably to cling to adhere to our advert to a strong sense of ethnic or cultural identity. the sense you are being homogenised into a global economy se

and yet he has one because i think this is a much to watch majority it is an imposition of hinduism on nation and this was coming and this is the second term and it will be reinforced during this second term of five years, india was founded as a secular republic so it is significant departure from the path its founders and constitution had laid out. is that any talk about changing the constitution is this more of a cultural majority? in terms of changing it is not only ma nifesto terms of changing it is not only manifesto but this has been there proclaimed object of all along. what do you think? this development of ethnic religious identity is interesting and we are seeing it enougha interesting and we are seeing it enough a lot of established democracies and it is conceivable this is not a coincidence that india has been emerging economy into the world economy and the globalisation of the economy particularly the globalisation of labour seems to have created a sense of threat that causes people perhaps justifiably have created a sense of threat that causes people perhapsjustifiably to

a controversial temple that is to be built in the state we're actually standing in right now so hinduism as well as nationalism important for plants for the region. already doubling is the mission just 12 reporting for us from vajra not saying thank you very much. to austria now where the chancellor is a bust and courts has called for early elections after a corruption scandal brought down his junior coalition partner vice chancellor heinz was caught on video apparently offering lucrative government contracts to a woman posing as a russian investor willing to help his far right parties election campaign. resigned from his post on saturday. shortly after the vice chancellors resignation thousands of people gathered at the chancellery to express their indignation with the far right freedom party and demand fresh elections and the protesters got what they wanted was a chance less about announced the end of his coalition for you saying that populist freedom party had finally gone too far i would often gets to go after yesterday's video that i must honestly say that enough is enough. the chan

a controversial temple that is to be built in the state we're actually standing in right now so hinduism as well as nationalism important for plants for the region be . already doubly is their mission just 12 reporting for us from vajra nasi thank you very much. to austria now where it's been announced that snap elections will be held in early september president oleksandr found a bell and now owns the vote after a corruption scandal brought down chancers a bus in courts is far right. well listen. we'll have more on that from our correspondent in just a moment but 1st we have this report was. shortly after the vice chancellors resignation thousands of people gathered at the chancellery to express their indignation with the far right freedom party and demand fresh elections and the protesters got what they wanted. chancellor sebastian cortes announced the end of his coalition fees saying the populist freedom party had finally gone too far but that's the biggest of it after yesterday's video i must honestly say that enough is enough. the chancellor asked president alexander funded beland t

islam so it's natural for coca-cola to link to that and if there is similar things in buddhism or hinduism or whatever and there is a sizable group of the population there might respond to that. then i'm sure coca-cola will do that to. the son of israel's prime minister has questioned just how since they have a german government is when it says it is standing by israel or there yet netanyahu does not hold any government position many to believe the dissatisfying is shared by a lot of israeli officials take. it will be nice if you stop interfering in our internal business and stop funding hundreds of radical left wing in jews in israel that seek its destruction use the hundreds of millions of euros used for this to fund hospitals schools and churches in germany a recent report by israel claims that some european countries including germany have been funding anti israel boycott campaign is going so far as to suggest that some of the money up in the hands of palestinian terrorist groups the latest jab by the israeli prime minister's son is directed at the german foreign minister hike a mass o

itself is full of minorities, those who don‘t conform to the majoritarian definition of hinduism, whichity. if you accept that this was in effect a referendum on him, not just a was in effect a referendum on him, notjust a general election, but a referendum on him and his leadership, he has now been empowered to further the vision, regardless of the tensions that may arise because of the very point that you just made. yes, arise because of the very point that youjust made. yes, in principle, it looks so. but in many ways, he is also constrained. he is constrained because one of the results of this election is many more extremist elements of the movement that he stands for have come into the parliament. for instance, a campaign against terrorism, and yet, one of the candidates who stood on the party‘s platform is accused of terrorism herself, was involved in a bomb explosion which killed six people including a child. in essence, he will be under much more pressure from the extremist elements to push their agenda. also, there is the story of the economy, which is what he can paint four in

if somebody has islam or hinduism or satanism tries to have social changes based on their religion, would you support that or fight that? that's what the piece clause is. the church of satan are fighting against it because their religious icons don't seem to be acceptable on public land. that's my only comment. host: we will give you one final minute. guest: the best way to defend religious freedom is to defend it for all. that's what the heritage foundation does. cemetery, there are 50 different religious symbols that service members can have on their graves. the american humanist association. they have a symbol. there is a wide variety of religious symbols on the graves at arlington cemetery. when you have freedom of religion, you protect all of those symbols of the religions and our soldiers, both the history of our country. director at the heritage foundation. and caused by facial recognition technology. then angela kimball on mental illness talks about the state of mental health, making it difficult to receive care. and hoover institute senior fellow on the results of his recent stud

i bet it's so glorious that last night, the pope converted to hinduism.hat, they're right. "cows, man. i've been rolling with jesus for too long." now, when i saw this giant cow, the first thing i thought was "this is some dope weed." but a lot of other people saw that cow and they took it to a really dark place. - his massive size is also what saved him. knickers is too big for the meat processing facility, so he will live out the rest of his life with his herd. - he's too heavy for the abattoir, so he'll leave out his days in the paddock. - unfortunately, some bad news if you like an extra big t-bone steak. - why are you trying to eat the giant cow? [laughter] the world only has one giant cow, and your only thought is "supersize me!" just eat two normal cows. it tastes the same. why are people trying to kill the cow? you know what, luckily, even if they want to, they can't kill him. he cannot fit inside the abattoir. which, by the way, is such a white people problem to have. because in africa, they'd be, like, "no, we can kill that cow. we can find a wa

right now it is a divided india, given that he campaigned on nationalist fervor and hinduism in the countryyvonne: great work. is that thes partner for geopolitical investing. slowing,my has been but this was a sweeping victory for narendra modi. second term look like to you? >> if you looked at the research polls, very strong approval ratings across the country, even despite tough reforms, the demonetization in 2017, the other the gst, and still maintaining broad, popular support. of national security becomes convenient when gdp slips. number one is the concern about ripping up the type of mosaic and fabric we have in the country. second largest muslim population in the world, so this is concerning. on the reform side as well, we have seen the seeping of populism into the central bank and we tallied some of the campaign promises. potentially reversing the very careful reduction of the budget deficit since modi took office. this has corollary concerns to a run-up in inflation. yvonne: what opportunities do you see investing in india now? do you look at sectors like manufacturing, infrastruc

it's very interesting to see how much hinduism is involved in the ritual after all, it isa is involvedme it is a buddhist country was not the supreme page rank of the buddhists in thailand, will be pouring water on his hands so they blend both of those together. once that particular ritual is over, the king will change into much more ornate coronation clothing and then undergo an anointment by eight key people in the power structures of thailand today. they will include the prime minister, the man who led the coup five years ago, he is supervising is coronation. the old head of the privy council, one of the older statesman in thailand, very close to his father. the head of the supreme court and other royals as well. these are people very high in the firmament of the royal establishment and they will pour water over him, over his hands, 19 in this water, in a different directions symbolising the eight corners of thailand. all this happens in the next two hours and traditionally, that is the most important ritual in this whole coronation ceremony. the actual coronation ceremony. the actu

islam so it's natural for coca-cola to link to that and if there is similar things in buddhism or hinduism or whatever and there is a sizable of the population that might respond to that. then i'm sure coca-cola will too. and that brings you up to date. back again with the headlines and more stories at the top of the. there's an petersburg international economic forum is a unique event in today's business world. over the last 21 years the forum has become a leading global platform for discussing the key economic issues facing russia emerging markets around the world thousands of business community members attend a forum to address today's a vital issues. watch our special forum coverage on r.t. . but politicians do. put themselves on the line. they did accept the reject. so if you want to be president and she. wanted. to go right to the press this is what the full story of the people. interested in the war. should be. if we ever needed an anti-war movement it's obviously now trying to hyper aggressive foreign policy faces little resistance in the mainstream media in fact numerous liberal n

and it's very similar things in buddhism or hinduism or different and very sizable population might respond to that. i'm sure coca-cola will do. that in a person has ratified a new doctrine for the russian energy sector to counter the effects of western sanctions but in a clutch of a report. their action president has approved of the country's annual national energy security doctrine and as it was reported to the update of this document was required to due to new challenges and threats that the country's energy industry is facing both internal as well as international now the document consists of almost 20 pages that calls among many others to reduce the share of hydrocarbons in the energy balance to develop renewable resources of allergy and lower taxes on industry and raise the level of l. and g. consumption of the document also orders to counter discrimination of russian energy companies and global energy markets the restrictions imposed by certain foreign states on russia's oil and gas sectors limit its ability to sell energy globally global energy tensions seem to play quite a role in

islam so it's natural for coca-cola to link to that and if there is similar things in buddhism or hinduism or whatever and there is a sizeable of the population there might respond to that. then i'm sure coca-cola will do that too and that is the news for now here in r.t. we're back again in 30 minutes. it's seemed wrong. roles just don't hold. any new belief yet to shape out these days to come to educate and engage with equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. if we ever needed an anti-war movement it's obviously now trying this hyper aggressive foreign policy faces little resistance from the mainstream media in fact numerous liberal news outlets function as a cheering section for the president where is the moral outrage. what is it going to coin is magic internet a new type of digital currency the centralized digital scarcity chancellor on the brink of 2nd bailout for a bank.

and with christianity, judaism, buddhism and hinduism and atheism, all savored their labors under letters. the wonder and candid commentary kept me reading from generation to generation. when i realized right around the time that i braved the next generation, john quincy adams, manuscript the adams religious life could tell something broader about the 18th and 19th century, mainly this, the american family offers us a valuable past to comprehending the nations major transformation in religious culture. in thriving american religious change, scholars have looked to mainline, iconic features and associations, if the family remains a surprisingly understudied fear to the development of faith. shifting the american religion near major changes in family and politics. and vice versa. even the numerous sermons for the nation's founding was worth investigating how how one american family received interpretive and challenged those instructions. so as i've said, we have seen a little bit here from john and i will and you will see the success of generations that we explore and household gods. the ad

and from that moment, we have seen a sudden symbolic growth and a real growth of hindu, political hinduismolition of the mediaeval mosque and it has moved apace. that is very interesting. i want to bring you up—to—date because you gave us some interesting background there but what you said raise the question of why this message commit while this particular brand of as you say hindu nationalism, and aggressive hindu nationalism, and aggressive hindu nationalism seems to have struck such a cord? why is that? i think it is always easy to see yourself, particular when the majority, always easy to bat for your own side. and sometimes you believe in taking economic pain if you are batting for your own side. i do believe that in his speech earlier today, narendra modi said there are only two paths in india now, the poor and those who will work to alleviate poverty. i hope he lives up to that but it is interesting that he has solidified india's very cast lead politics and society and he has taken it to the one unified political hindu vote. and the muslims, which are the and the lower castes and th

if somebody has islam or hinduism or satanism tries to have social changes based on their religion, wouldupport that or fight that? that's what the piece clause is. the church of satan are fighting against it because their religious icons don't seem to be acceptable on public land. that's my only comment. host: we will give you one final minute. guest: the best way to defend religious freedom is to defend it for all. that's what the heritage foundation does. cemetery, there are 50 different religious symbols that service members can have on their graves. the american humanist association. they have a symbol. there is a wide variety of religious symbols on the graves at arlington cemetery. when you have freedom of religion, you protect all of those symbols of the religions and our soldiers, both the history of our country. director at the heritage foundation. you can see her work at heritage.org. we appreciate your time. next, we will return to this question we asked at the beginning, would you support or oppose a wealth tax. the phone lines are on your screen. you can start calling in now