The Political Crusades: Independent India
“You won’t need swords to kill the Muslims because swords won’t be enough to kill them. You’ll have to evolve in your technique – they have better weapons than you” These were the words of a right-wing activist during a religious conference late last year in the Indian city of Haridwar. A call for the unleashing of genocide against the 200 million Muslims living in what is conceived as the World’s Biggest Democracy. What followed was the painful picture of a Hindu mob surrounding the local Mosques, striving to raze it to the ground. They argue that once upon a time, where these Mosques are, stood a Hindu temple. Now you may be wondering, where are the police? Where is the government? It’s imperative to understand that Narendra Modi’s (PM of India) ruling party BJP is in fact a far right-wing and religiously extremist political party, championing the supremacy of the Hindu religion and the rebuilding of a Hindu nation, or Hindutva. Coming back to Narendra Modi, he was a long time lea