Dear liberal Hindus,
You’re out there. Even though your voices are muted. You know that today you’re being outrageously misrepresented. The strident voices who claim to speak for you, the war-like fundamentalists who have captured the “Hindu” space and call for a holy war against other religions, are not voices you identify with. Your faith is subliminal, ever-present but hardly domineering. You’ve sung qawaalis, bhajans and Christmas carols, enjoyed your kababs without guilt. You’ve never been ruled by a religious police or been asked to prove your Hinduness through political loyalty.
But suddenly you’re being ironed into a vegetarian, Muslim-hating, puritanical uniformity. You’re being asked to hate when your religion teaches love. You’re being asked not to question when your traditions are Read More
