Excellent example, Mike! Another excellent point, btw, that you may not have intended to make, is that progress toward different ways of being may not be smooth and even. While Modi is clearly demonstrating a cooperative approach to leadership in this case, and while I have no reason to doubt his sincerity, he doesn’t practice that kind of thinking across the board.

In fact, life for Muslims in India has become increasingly difficult as Modi has implemented policies to reinforce the dominance of Hindu men and the centrality of Vedic philosophy.

He’s clearly striving for a hierarchy where religious Hindu men are at the top.

But even so, in some ways he can still demonstrate how cooperation is superior to dominance.