The myth of unity
Commenting on Hindutva’s ambitious project to “unite all Hindus”, Aakar Patel, former editor and the current executive director of Amnesty International, offers an interesting argument. While it should not take much effort and imagination to unify the 85 percent majority against the less than 15 percent voiceless minority, Hindus are not a monolithic community. Far […]
Waiting for 2019
General elections in India are still a year away. Yet, given the state of the nation today, the electorate cannot wait to throw out the current dispensation that came promising ‘ache din’ (good times), not to mention tall claims like 2 crore jobs, bullet trains, Rs15 lakh in every bank account and, above all, good […]
