Communalism and the secularism have different meanings for different intellectuals. If you support Hindutva people may easily call you a communal person. Intellectuals are fastly becoming as the pseudo-secular commentators these days.
Right-wing politics and Hindutva is not the same thing. All hindutvawadis are right-wing. But not all right-wingers are hindutvawadis. The process of alienating Hindus from the real truth are dangerously going on.
Gaurav has written a wonderful post on the dark side of Indian Politics that media ignores most of the time. He says under his post Enemy’s Enemy is My Friend as
Mulayam Singh is as right-wing as a Bal Thackeray. So what if he calls his party ’samajwadi’? The tactics, the thought process, and the sins are all almost identical. However you will very rarely see the secular columnists breathing fire at Mulayam Singh’s actions and policies, which are as much a threat to secularism, as the actions and policies of Narendra Modi.
Bombay riots happened in 1993. Gujarat riots happened in 2002. And even today you see articles being written about them. But I am amazed at why the same commentators and columnists hardly ever write about the Mau riots. Or the riots in Kerala. Or the first ever Hindu-Muslim riots in Lucknow earlier this year fuelled by, of all possible reasons, George Bush’s visit.
These commentators alienate Hindus by not writing about Mulayam. They alienate Hindus by not protesting against the Madani resolution. they alienate Hindus by not writing about the Bhiwandi riots. And this alienation is growing. This mentality, which is so deep-rooted is what fuels pseudo-secularism.
