The Victory of Narendra Modi
The verdict is out. The people of Gujarat have chosen their leader. While I beleive that in a democratic set up the verdict of the people obtained by fair means is to be respected. An important distinction has to be made here and I want to draw the readers attention to it. This victory cannot and does not absolve Modi of the crimes he and his cohorts have commited against a large section of the muslim population euphemistically called the minorities. State terrorism is a bigger crime than religious terrorism. Those of us who complacently stand by with a"not in my backyard" attitude must remember that unless civil society resists and opposes the communal politics of hatred which Modi and his ilk stand for they too may some day become victims of state terror. The Congress party has failed the people by not opposing Modi's ideology. I am certainly not of the view that the Congress erred by calling a spade a spade ie. calling Modi a merchant of death. In fact the apol