The Resistible Rise of Hindu Fascism
To commemorate its founding 25 years ago, PS will be republishing over the coming months a selection of commentaries written since 1994. In this 2003 commentary, the Indian author and political activist Arundhati Roy warns that “India is again sipping from its poisoned chalice – a flawed democracy laced with religious fascism.”
NEW DELHI – One night a year ago, a friend called me. Weeping, she told me of her friend, a woman caught by a mob, her stomach ripped open and stuffed with burning rags. What Hindu scripture preaches this?