14 “one in which the executive branch”: http://www.journalofdemocracy.org/article/authoritarian-resurgence-autocratic-legalism-venezuela
19 left thousands dead: https://sabrangindia.in/in-fact/yatra-lk-advani
19 earned Advani’s confidence: L. K. Advani, My Country, My Life, Rupa Publications, 2008.
20 paraded through Ahmedabad: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/04/06/world/asia/modi-gujarat-riots-timeline.html
20 complicit in the carnage: https://www.hrw.org/reports/2002/india/
20 “child-producing centers”: http://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/should-we-run-relief-camps-open-child-producing-centres/217398
21 no access to basic amenities: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/19/opinion/being-muslim-under-narendra-modi.html
22 mill owners began investing: http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/recession-in-gujarat-textile-industry-reaches-crisis-proportions/1/360543.html
24 Modi had won over: http://www.thehinducentre.com/verdict/commentary/article5848327.ece
29 as many as 450,000 people: http://www.livemint.com/Politics/hLaMOzbcWwlS8fEzxFvFNI/Resurrecting-Brand-Hyderabad.html
31 “We worship Lord Ganesha”: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/28/indian-prime-minister-genetic-science-existed-ancient-times
33 Modi’s majoritarianism: http://india.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/06/16/bihar-ally-nitish-kumar-leaves-opposition-coalition-over-modis-elevation/
34 “I will fight such an idea”: Sankarshan Thakur, Single Man: Life and Times of Nitish Kumar of Bihar, Harper Collins India, 2014
35 “Those who intend to stop Narendra Modi”: http://indianexpress.com/article/india/politics/bjp-nominee-to-modi-critics-you-will-soon-be-in-pak-not-india/
35 “Mother Ganges has called me”: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/Narendra-Modi-files-nomination-says-Ma-Ganga-has-called-me-to-Varanasi/articleshow/34147322.cms
36 814 million Indians voted: http://blogs.reuters.com/india/2014/04/03/facts-and-figures-for-the-2014-general-election/
38 according to police officials: http://www.caravanmagazine.in/reportage/separation
38 “save the honor of daughters and daughters-in-law”: http://www.ndtv.com/elections-news/governments-pink-revolution-destroying-cattle-says-narendra-modi-555981
40 “Beggars have turned millionaires”: http://scroll.in/article/660535/this-election-is-a-fight-for-honour-and-revenge-amit-shah-tells-jat-audience-in-riot-areas
44 “the welfare of mother India”: http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/full-text-prime-minister-narendra-modis-speech-on-68th-independence-day/#sthash.VlIES9hC.dpuf
45 Yogi Adityanath: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3NGRiTBl-0
47 British primatologist Jane Goodall: http://panchjanya.com/arch/2014/09/07/default.aspx
47 “The notion of ‘love jihad’”: they steal our daughters http://www.ndtv.com/opinion/the-bjp-and-hindu-muslim-romance-663589
48 In return for converting: http://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/life-after-ghar-wapsi-in-agra-115040400659_1.html
49 “All minorities in India have converted from Hinduism”: http://www.newindianexpress.com/thesundaystandard/VHP-Claims-Huge-Success-in-Ghar-Wapsi-Campaign/2015/07/05/article2902434.ece
50 Selling or possessing beef: http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/beef-banned-in-maharashtra-5-yrs-jail-rs10000-fine-for-possession-or-sale/
51 “The precise alchemy”: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jul/01/gary-younge-farewell-to-america
56 escaped on the waiting motorcycle: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-34105187
57 “You will meet the fate of Dhabolkar”: http://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/who-killed-govind-pansare/
59 “The Unmaking of India”: http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/writer-nayantara-sahgal-returns-sahitya-akademi-award-1228565
60 “Kashmir is ours, all of it!” http://www.huffingtonpost.in/2016/02/15/jnu-arrest_n_9233910.html
61 “He is the ‘Nation’ personified”: http://gulfnews.com/opinion/thinkers/nightly-tyranny-on-india-s-small-screen-1.1468547
58 “You are more dangerous for this country than Maoist terrorists!” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIIhPFV1K28
63 a fake Twitter handle: http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/jnu-row-behind-govt-claim-a-fake-hafiz-saeed-tweet/
64 News X, a struggling network: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRFMi6O_8bI
68 “Comrades, my name is Umar Khalid but I am not a terrorist”: http://scroll.in/article/803988/full-text-my-name-is-umar-khalid-certainly-but-i-am-not-a-terrorist
72 A medical examination disproved his charges: http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/abvp-leader-susheel-kumar-medical-examination-no-blunt-trauma-says-doctor/article8141788.ece
74 “Supply a nice rope”: http://raiot.in/please-serve-10mg-sodium-azide-to-all-the-dalit-students-at-the-time-of-admission/
75 “I always wanted to be a writer”: http://raiot.in/last-words-of-rohith-vemula/
76 “There has been a malicious attempt”: http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/rohith-vemulas-suicide-not-due-to-dalit-vs-non-dalit-confrontation-says-smriti-irani/1/575095.html
76 “No one allowed a doctor”: http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/here-is-the-full-text-of-smriti-iranis-lok-sabha-speech-on-rohith-vemula-and-jnu-row/1/604620.html
80 “a piece of towel or something like it”: ed. Francis Robinson, The Cambridge Illustrated History of the Islamic World, Cambridge University Press, 1996, p. xix.
86 “less a victory of Islam”: Omer Taspinar, “The Old Turks’ Revolt,” Foreign Affairs, November/December 2007.
87 deported to a labor camp: Kerem Karaosmanoglu, “Reimagining Minorities in Turkey,” Insight Turkey, Vol. 2, 2010, pp. 193-212.
92 Necdet Adalı: http://www.akparti.org.tr/english/haberler/ak-party-group-meeting-july-20-2010/25719#1
97 A confidential 2009 cable: https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/09ANKARA1722_a.html
102 The Plot Against the Generals: http://drodrik.scholar.harvard.edu/files/dani-rodrik/files/plot-against-the-generals.pdf
108 famed Turkish novelist Orhan Pamuk: https://newrepublic.com/article/113948/orhan-pamuk-interview-taksim-square-erdogan-literature
109 “that an elected government”: Jenny White, Muslim Nationalism and the New Turks, Princeton University Press, 2014.
111 Erdoğan himself should resign: http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2013/12/turkey-erdogan-resignation-ministers-akp-power-corruption.html#ixzz4Bur252Uk
113 “forming and leading a terrorist organization”: http://edition.cnn.com/2014/12/14/world/europe/turkey-media-crackdown/
115 About 1,900 people have been charged: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-32302697
115 50 percent of the requests Twitter received: https://transparency.twitter.com/removal-requests/2015/jan-jun
120 meeting between three Kurdish parliamentarians and Öcalan: http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2013/03/erdogan-ocalan-gulen-turkey-pkk-peace-process-presidency.html#ixzz4C8Mvzld3
120 “We won’t let you be elected president”: http://bianet.org/english/politics/163078-hdp-leader-sone-sentence-speech-pledges-erdogan-won-t-be-the-president
126 “For whoever wants to make life unbearable”: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-politics-presidency-idUSKCN0ST0Y120151104
136 “They rained such intense destruction on the town”: https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/reports/TURKEY933.PDF
139 “The trenches they dug have become their graves”: http://www.dw.com/en/spread-of-violence-in-turkey-shows-no-sign-of-abating/a-19320797
140 “Hey, you so-called intellectuals!” http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/erdogan-slams-academics-over-petition-invites-chomsky-to-turkey.aspx?PageID=238&NID=93760&NewsCatID=338
151 “Not a single person has come to give condolences”: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jul/29/turkey-drops-cases-of-insult-against-president-in-coup-aftermath
160 “The window was blown to pieces”: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/25/opinion/kashmir-and-the-inheritance-of-loss.html