India's Economic Boom Widens North-South Divide While Moderation Offers Hope

India's economy is growing rapidly, but there is a widening north-south divide economically and politically
The southern states are more prosperous, urbanized, and power India's tech and manufacturing boom
The BJP and Modi draw more support from poorer rural northern states with more Hindu nationalist views
This divide could undermine India's economic integration or even raise divisive secessionist voices
But the BJP moderating its Hindu nationalism as it expands in the south could bridge the divide