Misria Shaik Ali

Strangely, even as the anti-Muslimness of this regime is, “of course, there!,” nobody openly talks about them as factors that should constrain vote for BJP. The Muslim question i.e. the violence against Muslims, has been derided into a non-issue in electoral calculations just like how the left has wanted which often claims, “let’s focus on real issues [and not on religious issues even as the entire Hindutva practice today is organized around religion about which I have written elsewhere]”

One strand that ties together Babri Masjid, Gyanvapi, Qutub Minar and other 2022 temple-mosque controversies is the search for the “hidden truth.” Under Babri...