Beyond the blackening

October 21, 2015 11:25

Symbolic acts without immediate tangible consequences can sometimes hold long-term implications when appropriated as a signifier in a political struggle. By itself, the ink-and-oil attack on Engineer Rashid, an independent member of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly, might appear to be little more than a copy-cat act by the Hindu Sena following last week's paint attack by the Shiv Sena in Mumbai on Sudheendra Kulkarni. Both were meant to appeal to the core Hindutva constituency that remains deeply suspicious of both India's Muslims and Pakistan. Read more

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