An organised counter to organised hate

Context There needs to be an inspiring alternative agenda that enthuses India and which can move the silent majority away from the climate of hate Background The communal disturbances in Maharashtra, the performative religiosity in the new Parliament’s inauguration and The Kerala Story are all intrinsic to the vitiating mass consciousness Such issues typically pit Hindus against Muslims, elite establishmentarians against grounded ‘nationalists’ and constitutional values against ‘traditional’ values. Despite this war’s profound impact on India’s social fabric, little attention has been devoted to analysing why atavistic tendencies acquire a social base. If most Indians live by the Ganga-Jamuni Tehzeeb,....Read More