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Siddharth

28 Nov, 6 tweets, 2 min read

It would be foolish not to acknowledge that many more Hindus (and even Christians) in Kerala are indeed gradually buying into Sangh Parivar’s communal narratives (both Hindu supremacism & Islamophobia) even though they don’t vote for BJP yet. 1/n

This is why INC had to take a position indistinguishable from that of BJP in Sabarimala case to appease their vote base. Or why Shashi Tharoor flaunts his Nair legacy. Or why politicians across the spectrum came to defend the Bishop who recently made Islamophobic remarks. 2/n

The vast participation of non-Sanghis in the recent anti-Muslim propaganda about “spitting in food” is a testament to how ubiquitous islamophobia is in Kerala. The propaganda of “love jihad” that resulted in immense anti-Muslim violence across India started in Kerala too. 3/n

Most Malayalis indeed are influenced by islamophobia although this hasn’t yet translated into votes for BJP yet. There is a real danger ahead where these voters could gradually shift to BJP. This is why we need to assert our commitment to secularism stronger than ever today. 4/n

Otherisation of people is not alien to a caste society like Kerala because it’s a core aspect of its millennia-old culture. The secular values propagated in the last few decades may not be strong enough to win over the age old ideas of purity & impurity in their minds. 5/5

PS: It seems many people have misread this thread as an endorsement of a recent viral clip by MediaOne channel, probably due to its timing. So just to clarify, I don't endorse that clip. These are my views since a very long time and I have wrote about them here in the past too.

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