Rushdie’s comments echoed long-standing activist narratives on India, shaped largely by selectively informed journalists, even as he remained silent on the radicalism that targeted him, raising questions about selective outrage and the inconsistencies in his public positions.
Qatar-owned propaganda news outlet Al Jazeera, notorious for peddling lies and twisting facts, claimed that another term under Modi govt could threaten Muslims' way of life in India.
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Yogi Adityanath said, "Shri Aurobindo had very clearly declared about Pakistan that it has no spiritual identity. It is Pakistan's good fortune that it survived so far despite having no reality of its own."
In India the political doctrine of nationalism is on an upsurge, taking giant leaps forward, changing the socio-political framework and causing tectonic shifts.