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So I read @AatishTaseer’s piece. His strength is he sees parts of the picture. His weakness is he falls gullibly to the same Lutyens generated narrative for the other half—“Muslims being lynched, minorities are under threat.”
This narrative is pure propaganda. He falls for it.
This narrative is pure propaganda. He falls for it.
That narrative is a political narrative, not based on facts. For instance, there is not a single step taken by Modi as PM which is anti-Muslim. In fact he has statutes massive Muslim schemes and scholarships, which I have criticized, but Aatish appears completely ignorant of.
Fake narrative of “Muslims under danger” and BJP’s “caste oppression” is driven by two political needs:
1. The opposition wants to consolidate the Muslims vote by creating fear.
2. Since that is not enough, they want to divide Hindu vote among caste lines.
1. The opposition wants to consolidate the Muslims vote by creating fear.
2. Since that is not enough, they want to divide Hindu vote among caste lines.
That narrative, not Modi, is divisive. There is no case of a “Muslim being lynched” due to religion. All touted “lynching” cases involve cow rustling, in which Hindus have also been lynched. Cattle thieves have been killed world over in the same time.
In the #HinduHumanRights report we document tens of cases of Hindus being killed by Muslims in India.
“Lower caste” Hindus are often at the receiving end of Muslim violence. These incidents are ignored since they don’t match the propaganda narrative.
“Lower caste” Hindus are often at the receiving end of Muslim violence. These incidents are ignored since they don’t match the propaganda narrative.
A Muslim killed due to a dispute in a train becomes “minorities under threat in Modi’s India.”
Incidents of Hindus killed similarly are ignored.
It is not about Hindu-Muslim. It is about creating a divisive narrative. That is what Aatish does. Not Modi.
Incidents of Hindus killed similarly are ignored.
It is not about Hindu-Muslim. It is about creating a divisive narrative. That is what Aatish does. Not Modi.
Happy to engage with Aatish in good faith. But for that he has to look beyond narratives generated by the same deracinated elite class that he criticizes. Maybe even read a Hindi newspaper or two.
@swati_gs has been a meticulous on ground reporter exposing the Lutyens lies.
@swati_gs has been a meticulous on ground reporter exposing the Lutyens lies.
I think Aarish has a more nuanced perspective, unfair to just slot as “Pakistani.”
But if he wants to really dig beyond the standard narrative to understand India he has to talk to people beyond a limited ecosystem.
But if he wants to really dig beyond the standard narrative to understand India he has to talk to people beyond a limited ecosystem.
