âWhat difference does it make to the dead, the orphans and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or in the holy name of liberty or democracy?â – Gandhi
The words of Gandhi rings more true in a country with a population of 1.252 billion and growing, a good portion of it unrecordedâŠgovernance is a challenge no doubtâŠthe population – a speechless mass for every hollow spokesman without a pastâŠno hysteria or potential fascism, but simulation by precipitation of every lost referentialâŠthe mass is all that remains with the âsocialâ eliminated from it.
Recently there has been much rhetoric about nationalism or the lack there of in IndiaâŠThe âoutward-looking, investor-friendly image of Indiaâ took a brunt recently, so attacking the âlicentiousness of left-leaning studentsâ and âwhipping up a chorus of angry Indian nationalism than talking about touchy issues such as casteâand better than promoting narrow âHinduâ causes such as protecting cows from beef-eating Muslims and Christians.â Perhaps serves Modi and his cronies better.
