IT HAS ALWAYS STRUCK ME AS INTRIGUING IRONY THAT IN INDIA WE HAVE A “MAJORITARIAN” GOVERNMENT THAT BAULKS AT HANDING OVER THE MANAGEMENT OF AFFAIRS OF ALL HINDU TEMPLES TO THE MAJORITIES THEMSELVES, AND PULLING OUT ALTOGETHER, FEARING IT WILL ONLY INVITE THE MINORITY OF SECULARISTS AMONGST ITS OWN KIND TO CRY HOARSE OVER SUCH A STEP ENDING UP RE-EMPOWERING YET ANOTHER MINORITY AMONGST ITS OWN CALLED THE BRAHMINS !
SO WHAT THE HELL IS THIS ? IF ONLY I KNEW I WOULD CERTAINLY TELL YOU …
ALL I CAN GUESS IT REALLY IS THAT IT IS MOST LIKELY MINORITY POLITICS OF APPEASEMENT AT PLAY HERE—- IN OTHER WORDS, A RATHER INCREDIBLE CASE OF MINORITARIANISM OF THE MAJORITY, BY THE MAJORITY FOR THE MAJORITY…..
Sudarshan Madabushi