On Trad - Raita fights (summarizing conversation with @akshayalladi
You can't have the cake and eat it too
If you seek tradition, give up on Hindu-unity
If you seek Hindu unity, relax on traditions
Raita position is more politically "strategic"
Trad position more apolitical
You can't have the cake and eat it too
If you seek tradition, give up on Hindu-unity
If you seek Hindu unity, relax on traditions
Raita position is more politically "strategic"
Trad position more apolitical
Hindutva originally a "Raita" movement
But lately on twitter, we have seen Trads trying to worm their way in
But "social conservatism" in India won't succeed politically as V1-V3 constitute roughly 20% in North India and 5% in South
But lately on twitter, we have seen Trads trying to worm their way in
But "social conservatism" in India won't succeed politically as V1-V3 constitute roughly 20% in North India and 5% in South
Trads are better off operating in the cultural and apolitical avenues
And leave H-politics to Raitas
And leave H-politics to Raitas
India is a V4 nation
I have repeated that many times
And politics in India will always have a V4 flavor
If you seek H-nationalism then the political and religious posturing of H-nationalists will also inevitably have a V4-tilt
I have repeated that many times
And politics in India will always have a V4 flavor
If you seek H-nationalism then the political and religious posturing of H-nationalists will also inevitably have a V4-tilt
Social conservatism will politically always be a non starter in India for two reasons
1. Caste arithmetic is against it
2. India is already a v conservative society
1. Caste arithmetic is against it
2. India is already a v conservative society
Maybe if we have a sexual revolution of the sort the West had in the 60s, then social conservatism will emerge as a political force
But that's in distant future.
But that's in distant future.
