A friend has just sent me a justification of Hindutwa and a castigation of "pseudo-secularism"; I need to make my opposition to Hindutwa quite clear; Obviously there are many anti-freedom aspects of Islam to which I am totally opposed. I am also opposed to any trans-national loyalty to Islam , as opposed to the country of residence. My problem with Hindutwa starts with their insistence and their appeal saying "Let us go back to our glorious old days!". This is seriously fraudulent, because the old days were glorious only to a select, top few: may be top 5%. The rest; the farmers, the dalits, adivasis, women: were having a pretty pathetic time. They would never want those days back. The second and related issue is the not-so-secret program of the Hindutwa forces to preserve hereditary and undeserved privileges of the upper caste men. This is also against my political instincts. So yes, many BJP politicians may be cleaner, more patriotic and perhaps even more competent that the current rulers. But the subtext of Hindu conservatism is thoroughly unacceptable to me.
Posted on: Tue, 10 Sep 2013 02:29:43 +0000
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