Worrying trend in India is that urban educated and rich elite are totally radicalized and are captive votebank of BJP. BJP only loses if their economic policies are severely hurting agriculturists and poor.
@def__init__e Yup, used to live close to Mangalore in Kasaragod, Kerala. Have fond memories of that stretch, particularly of its multicultural, multilingual ethos. Quite sad to see the rise of Hindu fundamentalism (Ram Sene etc) there.