Share:India, the world’s largest democracy, embraced secularism in 1976 through the enactment of the 42nd amendment to the constitution. Perceptively, it neither had the will nor the urge for secularism and seemed more of an attempt to portray a brighter picture of India to the world. The ruthless assassination of Gandhi was a warning for the times to come and the beginning of the long journey towards fascism and the creation of the Hindu Rashtra. Ironically the policies being enacted by BJP, seem right out of Hitler’s Nazi manifesto—the road to fascism. The question asked by Arundhati Roy requires an answer from the Indians; “Does a country fall into fascism the way a person falls in love?

Source: The Nation September 20, 2022 04:59 UTC