The Needle’s Eye
The Ghosts Modi and Nitish Carry On Their Backs
Eight hundred and forty-five years ago, Henry II of England, chafing under a long and abrading rivalry with Thomas Becket, his former friend and the Archbishop of Canterbury, finally burst out in anger: “Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest?” Four of Henry’s courtiers rushed out, accosted the archbishop in his cathedral, and…