.IN INDIA NATIONAL vote-castings are actually looming. Electors are actually counted on to head to the polls in April and also May. Narendra Modi, the prime minister, expects to succeed a 3rd term in workplace. To that end he has actually been actually playing up his spiritual commitment. On January 22nd Mr Modi ushered in a new temple to Ram, in Ayodhya, a northern city strongly believed through enthusiasts to be that Hindu the lord's birth place. The temple was actually built on land recently occupied by a centuries-old cathedral, which was actually torn down by a Hindu-nationalist crowd in 1992. Resolving a crowd of supporters after the service, which marked the off the record start of his campaign for re-election, Mr Modi stated the brand new building and construction was "not merely a magnificent temple" yet "a holy place of India's sight, approach and direction". What did he indicate?