Mukul Kesavan: The dangers of BJP's majoritarianism ( or why India under the Chaddis could become another Sri Lanka at the time of LTTE)

by Guest Sun May 11, 2014 7:51 am

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1140511/jsp/opinion/story_18327692.jsp#.U28QedNX7Fp

by rawemotions Sun May 11, 2014 9:10 am

Rashmun wrote:http://www.telegraphindia.com/1140511/jsp/opinion/story_18327692.jsp#.U28QedNX7Fp

This guy though well spoken is a gas bag. He gets hammered in most debates he appears for the Congress. Poor guy, he has to defend the indefensible.

by Guest Sun May 11, 2014 9:12 am

Sadanand Dhume, who concedes that Muslims have reason to be wary of Modi, still sees Muslim opposition to the BJP as a kind of political outlier: “Viewed through the narrow prism of the Muslim community’s concerns, Mr. Modi remains a troubling choice to lead India. But apply an economic lens to the country as a whole — not just the Muslim minority that makes up 14% of the country’s 1.2 billion people — and the choices look different.”

The problem with this judgment is that a minority community’s view of Modi is a ‘narrow lens’ only if you think that its predicament and its fears are irrelevant to Indians who aren’t classed as a religious minority. Except that they are, as even a cursory acquaintance with South Asian history will show.

Thus, Sri Lanka’s majoritarian turn, where the Sinhala Buddhist majority made a bid to become the sole proprietor of the Sri Lankan nation state, led to endless violence and a bloody civil war which brought that country’s economy to a standstill for twenty years.

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Mukul Kesavan: The dangers of BJP's majoritarianism ( or why India under the Chaddis could become another Sri Lanka at the time of LTTE)

Mukul Kesavan: The dangers of BJP's majoritarianism ( or why India under the Chaddis could become another Sri Lanka at the time of LTTE)

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