COMMON SCHOOLS, HOSPITALS, TRANSPORT - HOW ABOUT COMMON TEMPLES?
As the nation, well not quite the nation, a large part of the nation rejoiced the inauguration of Ram Temple in Ayodhya, there are multiple narratives floating around. The first and ubiquitous one is of the victorious Hindutva narrative which had once struggled for its existence but is today basking in the near-complete unity of people, media and Government towards a justice that the inauguration seemingly instilled. The second narrative is of the threatened minority and another part of the majority that does not think this is entirely right. The third narrative is from the indifferent gang that asks, "If only a temple or mosque could have made our lives better!" But then, what should the nation's conscience be? The majority Hindu population has been subjugated for at least a millennium from continuous invasions and inheritors of those invasions. There are enough reasons for pent-up Hindu anger which should certainly not be trivialized. But then it's also true that th...