摘要：他的一名內閣成員向一羣印度教男子贈送了花環，這些人因以私刑絞死一名出售牛肉的穆斯林出售牛肉而被判處有罪（對印度教徒來說，牛是神聖的）。He has appointed a bigoted Hindu prelate, Yogi Adityanath, as chief minister of India’s most populous state, Uttar Pradesh. A member of his cabinet presented garlands of flowers to a group of Hindu men who had been convicted of lynching a Muslim for selling beef (cows are sacred to Hindus). And Mr Modi himself has suspended the elected government of Jammu & Kashmir, India’s only Muslim-majority state, and used force to suppress protests there against the central government, leading to horrific civilian casualties.。

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經濟學人:印度vs巴基斯坦:莫迪的危險時刻(3)

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Modi’s dangerous moment

莫迪的危險時刻

By the same token, Mr Modi has not sparked the outright communal conflagration his critics, The Economist included, fretted about before he became prime minister. But his government has often displayed hostility to India’s Muslim minority and sympathy for those who see Hinduism—the religion of 80% of Indians—as under threat from internal and external foes.

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同樣地，莫迪並沒有像他的批評者(包括《經濟學人》在內)在他成爲總理之前擔心的那樣，引發全面族羣衝突。但他的政府經常對印度的穆斯林少數民族表現出敵意，同情那些認爲印度教——80%印度人的宗教——受到來自內部和外部敵人威脅的人。

He has appointed a bigoted Hindu prelate, Yogi Adityanath, as chief minister of India’s most populous state, Uttar Pradesh. A member of his cabinet presented garlands of flowers to a group of Hindu men who had been convicted of lynching a Muslim for selling beef (cows are sacred to Hindus). And Mr Modi himself has suspended the elected government of Jammu & Kashmir, India’s only Muslim-majority state, and used force to suppress protests there against the central government, leading to horrific civilian casualties.

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他任命固執的印度教教士約吉·阿迪亞納斯爲印度人口最多的北方邦的首席部長。他的一名內閣成員向一羣印度教男子贈送了花環，這些人因以私刑絞死一名出售牛肉的穆斯林出售牛肉而被判處有罪（對印度教徒來說，牛是神聖的）。莫迪本人也暫停了查謨克什米爾（查謨克什米爾是印度唯一一個穆斯林佔多數的邦）民選政府的任職，並使用武力鎮壓反對中央政府的抗議活動，導致了駭人的平民傷亡。

As reprehensible as all this is, the Hindu zealots who staff Mr Modi’s electoral machine complain that he has not done enough to advance the Hindu cause. And public dissatisfaction with his economic reforms has helped boost Congress, the main opposition party, making the election more competitive than had been expected. The temptation to fire up voters using heated brinkmanship with Pakistan will be huge.

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儘管這一切都應受到譴責，但莫迪競選團隊中的印度教狂熱分子抱怨稱，莫迪在推動印度教事業方面做得不夠。公衆對他的經濟改革的不滿也幫助提振了主要反對黨國大黨，使選舉比預期的更具競爭力。利用與巴基斯坦的激烈邊緣政策來煽動選民的誘惑將是巨大的。

Mr Modi has made a career of playing with fire. He first rose to prominence as chief minister of Gujarat when the state was racked by anti-Muslim pogroms in 2002. Although there is no evidence he orchestrated the violence, he has shown no compunction about capitalising on the popularity it won him in Hindu-nationalist circles. With a difficult election ahead, he may think he can pull off the same trick again by playing the tough guy with Pakistan, but without actually getting into a fight. However, the price of miscalculation does not bear thinking about. Western governments are pushing for a diplomatic settlement at the UN. If Mr Modi really is a patriot, he will now step back.

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莫迪的職業生涯都在玩火。2002年，古吉拉特邦遭受反穆斯林大屠殺，他以古吉拉特邦首席部長的身首次份聲名大振。雖然沒有證據表明他策劃了這次暴力，但他對利用這次暴力在印度教民族主義者圈子裏贏得的聲望絲毫不感到內疚。在即將到來的艱難選舉中，他可能認爲他可以通過對巴基斯坦採取強硬態度，再次上演同樣的把戲。然而，誤判的代價沒有給思考留餘地。西方政府正推動在聯合國達成外交解決方案。莫迪如果真的是一位愛國者，那麼現在就會退讓。

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1.be convicted of 證明…有罪

In 1977 he was convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment.

在1977年，他因謀殺被判處終生監禁。

2.by the same token 同樣地

If you give up exercise, your muscles shrink and fat increases. By the same token, if you expend more energy you will lose fat.

如果你放棄鍛鍊，肌肉就會萎縮，脂肪會增多。同樣地，如果你消耗較多的體能，你就會減掉脂肪。

3.fret about something 擔心

I was working all hours and constantly fretting about everyone else's problems.

我一刻不停地工作着，還一直擔心着其他人的問題。

4.capitalize on 利用

The rebels seem to be trying to capitalize on the public's discontent with the government.

反叛者們似乎正試圖利用公衆對政府的不滿情緒。

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