Dear Chetan Bhagat, Hindu Rashtra Is Not A Goal To Be Attained But The Existing, Lived Reality Of Holding India Together
Chetan Bhagat has written a piece in a daily commenting on ‘Hindu Rashtra'
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Chetan Bhagat, the popular fiction writer, has penned a piece in The Times of India titled, ‘Why a prosperous, harmonious Hindu Rashtra is an impossibility’.
The piece is interesting because it shows the kind of misunderstanding even a fairly non-Hinduphobic writer has about the idea of a Hindu Rashtra.
At the very outset, Bhagat pits "most Indians" who understand "India’s pluralism, secularism and democratic credentials" against "a fair percentage of the population that likes the concept of a Hindu Rashtra”. This sets the tone for the whole op-ed.
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Chetan Bhagat has written a piece in a daily commenting on ‘Hindu Rashtra'
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Chetan Bhagat, the popular fiction writer, has penned a piece in The Times of India titled, ‘Why a prosperous, harmonious Hindu Rashtra is an impossibility’.
The piece is interesting because it shows the kind of misunderstanding even a fairly non-Hinduphobic writer has about the idea of a Hindu Rashtra.
At the very outset, Bhagat pits "most Indians" who understand "India’s pluralism, secularism and democratic credentials" against "a fair percentage of the population that likes the concept of a Hindu Rashtra”. This sets the tone for the whole op-ed.
Read more at:
Dear Chetan Bhagat, Hindu Rashtra Is Not A Goal To Be Attained But The Existing, Lived Reality Of Holding India Together
The realisation of a unique Indianness is what Hindu Rashtra is. It is not a goal to be attained by the state, but a realisation in the minds of the people.
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