Chinmay

During Ajmal Kasab's trial, public prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam (now with the BJP and Rajya Sabha member) spread lies about Kasab demanding chicken biryani while in jail to shape Indian public opinion as desired by the State. He himself admitted to it. In present times, IPS officer Huda, who writes a column under the pseudonym ibn khaldun bharti, provides similar services for the present regime, as his hit job on Sharjeel Imam's interview shows--manufacturing public consent for perpetual denial of his bail. As far as Imam is concerned, he is extremely well-read, perceptive and fearless for his age. My contrary views on religion and political Islam notwithstanding, there is much to agree with his assertions on Hinduisation of Indian politics, well before the emergence of the BJP or the BJS. I have written about it in #TheHindiHeartland in the chapter on Indian freedom struggle. Before me, historians likes Gyanendra Pandey, Pratinav Anil, Manan Ahmed Asif etc., had written about it. In fact, in 1997, Vasudha Dalmia had written a book titled The Nationalisation of Hindu Traditions, in which she showed how Hindu practices came to be positioned and regarded as national culture leading to the imagination of India as a Hindu country. Imam is only saying what everyone knows but pretends otherwise