There are few things in global politics more pathetic and telling than how the Hindu right wing in India tries in vain every year to "overshadow" Christmas with its own made-up holidays.
It is of course just an annual seasonal exercise in whipping up anti Christian sentiment.
It is of course just an annual seasonal exercise in whipping up anti Christian sentiment.
Until 2014, Christmas in India was just Christmas.
With some tiny trivia attached. Like it was also Vajpayee's AND Nawaz Sharif AND Jinnah's birthday!
Modi became PM & started "good governance day" nonsense using ABV's birthday excuse.
Tulsi Pujan is undisguised xenophobia.
With some tiny trivia attached. Like it was also Vajpayee's AND Nawaz Sharif AND Jinnah's birthday!
Modi became PM & started "good governance day" nonsense using ABV's birthday excuse.
Tulsi Pujan is undisguised xenophobia.
There already exists a festival to celebrate the Tulsi btw. Tulsi Vivah about 10 days after Diwali.
This Dec25 thing is literally just
"we want to show our hate for Christians. They have a tree? We will worship our plant, the Tulsi! 😤😤"
started by a convincted rapist Guru.
This Dec25 thing is literally just
"we want to show our hate for Christians. They have a tree? We will worship our plant, the Tulsi! 😤😤"
started by a convincted rapist Guru.
Like I keep telling my American friends, the #WarOnChristmas is real, but it's not happening in America. It's happening in India, spearheaded by Narendra Modi.
His first year in office, he declared Christmas as something else and emboldened all kinds of kooks to shit on it too.
His first year in office, he declared Christmas as something else and emboldened all kinds of kooks to shit on it too.
Only in the last 8-9 years has there been this massive volume of anti Christmas hate on Indian media and social media.
Ten years ago, Desi Twitter on Christmas was just people doing really elaborate secret Santa configurations across time zones. And red hats on DPs. Just fun.
Ten years ago, Desi Twitter on Christmas was just people doing really elaborate secret Santa configurations across time zones. And red hats on DPs. Just fun.
Because Modi through his own words, actions, policies and personal example, creates incentives for more right wingers to make ever more grandiose resentment porn directed at Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Dalits, indigenous people, and time permitting, gay people.
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