CAA and NRC: India’s Moral, Intellectual Devolution and Fight for Democracy

This piece was originally intended to be published in January of this year. Due to the piece taking much longer to write and other events that intervened, I was unable to publish. Late February, for three days a Hindutva pogrom was unleashed in Delhi resulting in over 52 dead, hundreds injured, mosques burnt and desecrated, and general terror unleashed on the Muslim minority. The worst violence in decades in the city. This and other events give fresh urgency to the original piece. Although the piece does not speak to more recent events past January of this year it’s insights still have currency and value. And unfortunately some warnings have become deadly reality, and perhaps with action others can be prevented yet.

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