As the Lok Sabha elections 2019 reach their penultimate phase, TIME Magazine in its issue dated 20 May 2019, has carried its cover story on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, carrying the title 'India's Divider In Chief’.
The story, written by novelist and journalist Aatish Taseer, asks if the world's largest democracy can "endure another five years of a Modi government."
"Of the great democracies to fall to populism, India was the first," the story proclaims at the onset as it goes on to delve into history starting from India attaining Independence, to the many years of Congress rule starting from Nehru's prime ministership, right up till Modi's ascension to power.
The myriad aspects of Modi's tenure that it makes references to include attacks on minorities by lynch mobs, Modi's record on women’s issues, the demonetisation move, Sadhvi Pragya Thakur’s candidacy, among others.