The rise and rise of the Hindu Nation
The violence of inclusion and the violence of exclusion are precursors of a convulsion that could alter the foundations of India, and rearrange its meaning and its place in the world.
For those who find it difficult to read a long article. Some of the beautiful quotes from the article by Arundhati Roy are :
"And so, for the sake of credibility and good manners, we groom the creature that has sunk its teeth into us—we comb out its hair and wipe its dripping jaw to make it more personable in polite company."- Arundhati Roy
"In practice, India has been neither secular nor socialist. It has always functioned as an upper-caste Hindu state. But the conceit of secularism, is the only shard of coherence that makes India possible. That hypocrisy was the best thing we had." - Arundhati Roy
"But demonetisation was never about economics alone. It was a loyalty test, a love exam that the Great Leader was putting us through. Would we follow him, would we always love him, no matter what? We emerged with flying colours." - Arundhati Roy
"Not all the roaring of the sixty thousand in the Houston stadium could mask the deafening silence from Kashmir. That day, 22 September, marked the forty-eighth day of curfew and communication blockade in the valley." - Arundhati Roy
THIS MAY NOT have mattered to the sixty thousand cheering in the Houston stadium, living out the ultimate Indian dream of having made it to America. For them, Kashmir may just be a tired old conundrum, for which they foolishly believe the BJP has found a solution - Arundhati Roy
"So Assam was a part of East Bengal, and then it wasn’t. East Bengal became East Pakistan and East Pakistan became Bangladesh. Countries changed, flags changed, anthems changed. And the fissures between people grew old and hard and intractable"- Arundhati Roy
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