Hindus in Hindu Rashtra: Eighth-Class Citizens and Victims of State-Sanctioned Apartheid

The concept of justice is like memory. It keeps getting passed on until it is realised.

And to those who now call this nation a Hindu Rashtra, run by religious zealots and fascists, to those I ask: In which theocratic state would religious zealots wait for half a millennium and even then, 1 billion strong, leave it to 5 people to decide the fate of their demand, their yearning, the consecration of their soul itself?

As far as I am concerned, a Hindu temple should be publicly listed as a company. After all, it supplies a product that people buy—peace of mind and reassurance—and unlike other companies that need to constantly refine or come up with better products, a temple’s product has not changed in a millennium, and never will.

To me, the mark of civilisation is this unquenchable thirst of man to demand justice for his ancestors; to correct a historical wrong. For that exemplifies a continuity; an idea, a memory that can never be erased; that worth fighting for and preserving.