Over 100 US Academics Caution Silicon Valley Against Doing Business With Modi's India
From the Blog riazhaqLeading South Asia experts at US universities have warned top tech firms to be cautious in doing business with India as India's Hindu Nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi prepares to visit Silicon Valley to promote "Digital India" in September 2015. A joint statement signed by 124 professors accuses the Modi government of "disregard for human rights and civil liberties, as well as the autonomy of educational and cultural institutions". The signatories are mostly Indian-American professors. Others include Columbia University's Akeel Bilgrami, Stanford University's Thomas Blom Hansen and the University of Chicago's Wendy Doniger, according to Scroll.in *Here is the full text of their statement:* *As faculty who engage South Asia in our research and teaching, we write tpakistanblogs.blogspot.comRead Full Post
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