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Electoral Alliances and Majority versus Minority Communalism The discourse and politics of equidistance from majority communalism and minority communalism is flawed because it equates two unequal concepts. The Indian nationalist perspective on this equidistant stance focuses more on attacking minority communalism because it is perceived as a potential secessionist threat to India’s territorial integrity, while majority communalism although it could develop into fascism does not threaten India’s territorial integrity. The secular fundamentalist perspective, through its theoretical rejection of religious groups, ends up, in practice, reinforcing the existing power of the majority communal group. The perspective of institutionalised Hindu communalism rejects the equivalence approach on the grounds that majoritarian communalism pervades multiple institutions in India and increases the vulnerability of India’s religious minorities. It can only be defeated from an egalitarian ....
Minority Politics: Notes on How Muslims Have Been Political in India A Muslim mainstream politician has needed to appear to be devout for the benefit of his (it has rarely been she) Muslim constituents and flaunt his liberal credentials to non-Muslim voters. Women protest at Shaheen Bagh. Photo: PTI Rights06/Mar/2021 In the years after Independence, especially after the passing of the leaders of the freedom movement, the contours of Muslim politics changed from secular and nationalistic to largely parochial and conservative. Diverse types of leadership then emerged. One (and this was the minority) was of âprogressiveâ Muslims, fired with Communist ideology. According to Congress politician, lawyer, and author Salman Khurshid, âThe âprogressiveâ Muslims were Communists or Leftists. Though steeped in Islamic culture by way of mannerisms and attire, they were not always practising Muslims.â Whatâs more, they did not see thems ....
MUMBAI: Sharadchandra Govindrao Pawar is in a hurry: a whistle-stop Maharashtra tour is on cards, so is a sequel to his autobiography; and chances of an Opposition front appear alluring in the wake of the farmers stir. Every reason for the Baramati man, who is celebrating his 80th birthday on Saturday, to purr like a Siamese cat. Pawar has his tasks cut out: Mollycoddle Shiv Sena into shedding its Hindutva baggage, keep BJP at bay and keep his own flock in the state assembly and in the clan on a leash. Also, he will have to draw up a strategy for the 2022 BMC elections which will test MVA s resilience and popularity. Though he and his party have dismissed talk of his heading the UPA, sources said Pawar was keen to reach out to regional bigwigs Mamata Banerjee, Mulayam Singh Yadav, Naveen Patnaik and others in a bid to forge a loose front to take on the BJP. ....