The rush to appropriate icons - The Hindu
The rush to appropriate icons Updated: Updated: Political parties are trivialising Vivekananda, Tagore and Bose to win the West Bengal elections Share Article Political parties are trivialising Vivekananda, Tagore and Bose to win the West Bengal elections When mainstream politics becomes recklessly instrumental, nothing is spared; even great idols and cultural symbols are trivialised through a process of appropriation in order to manipulate people’s emotions. In the campaign to the Assembly elections in West Bengal, we have been witnessing the competitive game of demonstrating one’s affi...