BJP supporters protest against the entry of two women into the Sabarimala temple, in Kochi on Thursday. Yet, in all walks of modern life, arguments have risen in primacy because they provide the farcical optics of democratic procedure. Also, in the future, female believers of Ayyappan may have a very different view from their mothers. The people who want women to enter the shrine are those who have no stake in how the public feels. In such arguments, “liberals” usually use the future as a trump card.

Source: Mint January 06, 2019 18:11 UTC