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For Indian American Hindus, loving India doesn’t mean holding back our criticism
We must examine how ethnic pride results in soft-pedaling our criticism of the Indian government.
In this March 20, 2021, file photo, supporters of Bharatiya Janata Party wear masks bearing the likeness of Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a campaign rally ahead of elections in West Bengal state in Kolkata, India. Despite clear signs that India was being swamped by another surge of coronavirus infections, Modi refused to cancel the rallies, a major Hindu festival and cricket matches with spectators. The burgeoning crisis has badly dented Modi’s carefully cultivated image as an able technocrat. (AP Photo/Bikas Das, File)
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First the spewing of venom over an electoral battle pitch. Then a ‘tu tu-main main’ (‘he said-she said’) over aftermath of cyclone Yaas and finally an ugly tug-of-war over a top civil servant West Bengal chief secretary Alapon Bandyopadhyay.
The game of political one-upmanship between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was out in the open for long – to be precise, ever since the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) emerged as the principal challenger to ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) in Bengal in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections.
However, the way this catfight of sorts has spilled out into public domain over the last few days is unprecedented not just in the history on Bengal, but in the entire country’s post-independence journey as a federation of states and a multi-party democracy.