“Liberals in Pakistan have been an endangered species for a while … liberals everywhere are winning only rarely. It’s so much easier to be sectarian and nationalist than accommodative and universal.” So writes veteran campaigner for civil liberties in Pakistan Pervez Hoodbhoy. Substitute ‘Pakistan’ for India and he could well be describing the plight of Indian liberals.
Repeated pummelling of the world by Islamic terrorism is seen to have snatched the ground away from the feet of liberals. When innocents are repeatedly being slaughtered it’s become almost unacceptable to talk of avoiding the language of hatred or upholding the rule of law or avoiding religious prejudice. A Read More
