THE RAMPAGING SAFFRON

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.