{"id":3642,"date":"2016-03-22T15:32:16","date_gmt":"2016-03-22T10:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indiauncut.com\/?p=3966"},"modified":"2016-03-22T15:32:16","modified_gmt":"2016-03-22T10:02:16","slug":"the-chronology-of-hate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/the-chronology-of-hate\/","title":{"rendered":"The Chronology of Hate"},"content":{"rendered":"

In an excellent piece in the Hindustan Times<\/i><\/a>, which mentions the ‘soft Hindutva’ of the Congress, Samar Halarnkar writes:<\/p>\n

\n

The facade [of secularism] is now gone. History tells us that when popular governments legitimise hate (fascism and racism are some examples; closer home, the anti-Sikh and post-Babri riots), it is a matter of time before a country’s majority population follows suit. If — or as — that happens, don’t expect much from the party that was India’s secular, political hope.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I have a small quibble here. The chronology is the other way around. It is not that governments (and parties) legitimise hate, and then the people ‘follow suit’. Rather, it is the people who feel that way to begin with, and drive the political parties to act in the way they do. In the political marketplace, demand drives supply. Parties indulge in the politics of hate or bigotry (or just generally identity) because there is a market for it. <\/p>\n

Andrew Breitbart once said, ‘Politics is downstream from culture.’ That is true of India as well. The filth that is there in our politics is a reflection of our society. <\/p>\n

As for the ‘soft Hindutva’ of the Congress, they indulged in it even before India got Independence, and they clearly feel that there is a large constituency for it today as well. Consider, for example, this<\/a>. And this<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Whatever pejoratives we apply to our politicians, they are not fools. If they behave in particular ways, they do so because there is demand for it. <\/p>\n

Also read<\/b>: ‘It’s Cascading Trump, It’s Cascading Modi!’<\/a>, my column from last week on this subject.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In an excellent piece in the Hindustan Times<\/i><\/a>, which mentions the ‘soft Hindutva’ of the Congress, Samar Halarnkar writes:<\/p>\n

\n

The facade [of secularism] is now gone. History tells us that when popular governments legitimise hate (fascism and racism are some examples; closer home, the anti-Sikh and post-Babri riots), it is a matter of time before a country’s majority population follows suit. If — or as — that happens, don’t expect much from the party that was India’s secular, political hope.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I have a small quibble here. The chronology is the other way around. It is not that governments (and parties) legitimise hate, and then the people ‘follow suit’. Rather, it is the people who feel that way to begin with, and drive the political parties to act in the way they do. In the political marketplace, demand drives supply. Parties indulge in the politics of hate or bigotry (or just generally identity) because there is a market for it. <\/p>\n

Andrew Breitbart once said, ‘Politics is downstream from culture.’ That is true of India as well. The filth that is there in our politics is a reflection of our society. <\/p>\n

As for the ‘soft Hindutva’ of the Congress, they indulged in it even before India got Independence, and they clearly feel that there is a large constituency for it today as well. Consider, for example, this<\/a>. And this<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Whatever pejoratives we apply to our politicians, they are not fools. If they behave in particular ways, they do so because there is a market for it. <\/p>\n

Also read<\/b>: ‘It’s Cascading Trump, It’s Cascading Modi!’<\/a>, my column from last week on this subject.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,15,4],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nThe Chronology of Hate - India Uncut<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/the-chronology-of-hate\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Chronology of Hate - India Uncut\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In an excellent piece in the Hindustan Times, which mentions the ‘soft Hindutva’ of the Congress, Samar Halarnkar writes: The facade [of secularism] is now gone. 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