India’s PM Modi looks to cement his Hindu-nationalist legacy at Ram temple groundbreaking

On Wednesday, just before 1pm, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be joined by some 175 people – including 135 religious leaders of various traditions – in a groundbreaking ceremony for a temple built in honour of Hindu god-king Ram in the northern Indian city of Ayodhya. Modi’s presence at the event will come days after he attended a cabinet meeting with home minister Amit Shah, who tested...