Editor’s Picks: January 23rd 2020

<p>A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, Narendra Modi and the ruling BJP are sowing <a href="https://www.economist.com/leaders/2020/01/23/narendra-modi-stokes-divisions-in-the-worlds-biggest-democracy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">division in India</a>. (10:06) Investors at home and abroad are piling into <a href="https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2020/01/25/investors-at-home-and-abroad-are-piling-into-american-government-debt" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">American government debt</a>. (16:31) And, the similarities between <a href="https://www.economist.com/britain/2020/01/25/the-remarkable-similarities-between-the-queen-and-alex-ferguson" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Britain’s queen and Sir Alex Ferguson.</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Please subscribe to The Economist for full access to print, digital and audio editions:</p><p><a href="http://www.economist.com/radiooffer" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.economist.com/radiooffer</a></p> &#10;&nbsp;<br /><hr><p style='color: grey; font - size: 0.75em; '>See <a style='color: grey; ' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>