There are parallel strains in South Asia in the two neighbouring states of India and Pakistan where the respective bourgeoisie are at the back of a political change. India now imagines its role in the world from a Hindu lens and has turned into a dominantly mythologically driven state and society. Indian society has thus only regressed and defaced its liberal, inclusive and secular nature. Hyper-nationalism around religion is the common mantra for both the Indian state and the society threatening and destabilising the region and the neighbourhood. In Pakistan, religion as a plank came later.

Source: The Express Tribune April 29, 2022 07:35 UTC