(Illustration: C R Sasikumar)The Taj Mahal is easily the most recognisable icon of modern India. Many people around the globe know nothing about India except that it is home to the Taj Mahal. Yogi Adityanath’s government deleted the Taj Mahal from a UP tourism booklet earlier this month. An element in the BJP’s most recent attack on the Taj Mahal reeks of the old warning: Don’t cut off your nose to spite your face. Even with a bit of recent hedging, the BJP’s assaults on the Taj Mahal as, in its essence, an anti-national building are striking.

Source: Indian Express October 23, 2017 19:07 UTC