The last days and weeks of 2025 have revealed a lot about the new India that the Narendra Modi government claims to be building. On December 17, Ramnarayan Baghel, 31, from Chattisgarh was lynched by a mob in Kerala’s Palakkad district. An autopsy revealed more than 80 wounds. The mob reportedly asked Baghel, “Are you Bangladeshi” and accused him of theft before killing him. No stolen objects were found on him.  On December 9, Angel Chakma and his brother, students