Reconquista explains the majoritarianism and Hindutva under Modi quite nicely. This is a good explainer. A few links to books or articles would help people who need to know more and follow the news about the elections coming soon.
The Reconquista-avatar of Mr. Modi, on the other hand, is as atavistic, as his development face is all about techno-modernity. In a line of reasoning that has been actively encouraged by the Prime Minister and his Party, India is increasingly being cast as a civilization that was not only colonized for 250 years by the British – the trope that was my generation’s gospel – but for over 1,000 years.
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Well how can only British colonization be colonization and the Islamic/Portuguese regimes not be colonization !
This in itself is discriminatory against the more secular British rather than the religious Portuguese/Islamic rulers who spread religion and decimated native religions and destroyed cultures across the world and even in India for us to see.
Reconquista explains the majoritarianism and Hindutva under Modi quite nicely. This is a good explainer. A few links to books or articles would help people who need to know more and follow the news about the elections coming soon.
Regarding this below point.
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The Reconquista-avatar of Mr. Modi, on the other hand, is as atavistic, as his development face is all about techno-modernity. In a line of reasoning that has been actively encouraged by the Prime Minister and his Party, India is increasingly being cast as a civilization that was not only colonized for 250 years by the British – the trope that was my generation’s gospel – but for over 1,000 years.
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Well how can only British colonization be colonization and the Islamic/Portuguese regimes not be colonization !
This in itself is discriminatory against the more secular British rather than the religious Portuguese/Islamic rulers who spread religion and decimated native religions and destroyed cultures across the world and even in India for us to see.