Ramachandra guha upsc7/2/2023 To object to its display in public is a mark not of intolerance, but of liberalism and emancipation. It represents the most reactionary, antediluvian aspects of the faith. While a burka may not be a weapon, in a symbolic sense it is akin to a trishul. Many people, this writer among them, object to Hindus flaunting saffron robes and trishuls at rallies. To the contrary, while the words may be harsh and direct, the spirit of the advice was forward-looking. But don’t come with your skullcaps and burkas.” He is dismayed by this advice, seeing it as a gratuitous attempt to get “Muslims to voluntarily withdraw from politics”. Mander ( ‘ Sonia, sadly’, IE, March 17) quotes a Dalit leader as telling Muslims who come to political meetings: “By all means, come in large numbers to our rallies. It is, therefore, with some sadness that I must dissent with his recent piece in The Indian Express on Muslim politics. Harsh Mander is a friend of some 40 years’ standing, and on many issues we have stood on the same side. In promoting individual freedoms, India’s liberals must take on both Hindu and Muslim communalists (File)
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