THE RAMPAGING SAFFRON

ARUN MURUGESAN

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India is at the crossroads. Never before in its 70 years of independence, has the idea of peaceful coexistence been under a severe threat. The last decade or so has seen the spectacular or rather, an alarming rise of the Indian right, spearheaded by the RSS. The group, apart from the shakeup it has created to the volatile political landscape, has also mesmerised a large number of young Indians towards a false narrative of nationalism based on majoritarianism. Unless the Indians, young and old, many of whom are abetting a majoritarian mindset, exhibit an intellectual honesty, the idea of a shining India shall soon give way to a shrieking India.

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Arun Murugesan is a 52-year-old Chennai-based author, and as a right-thinking Indian, he has expressed his angst and dismay at the rapidly transforming palette of India. Secularism, which is at the core of the concept of nationhood, has been damaged beyond reparation by the onslaught of the right-wing forces. The various other statutes carefully etched by the founding fathers of India are also likely to meet the same fate. The author, apart from highlighting the dangers that portend because of an illiberal right, has also expressed optimism that consolidation of secular forces shall relegate these seemingly unpleasant elements to the sidelines forever.