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The most subversive factor in Gujarat is not so much its polarised society, but the use of organs of the State to cultivate this polarisation
There is a sense of anxiety and bewilderment when we look at the current crisis in the Indian State, and in our own lives. There is increasing corrosion of the secular commitment in politics and a loss of trust in authority and their intent to maintain the rule of law. The enormity of the problem lies in the casualness with which these principles, once held so sacrosanct, have been so easily compromised. What has happened in Gujarat is a stark example of the subversion of democratic institutions for the pursuit of sectarian power.
a series of subversions what happened was not something that was concotted overnight.it was urban decay due to unemployment brought about due to closure of mills in the otherwise industrially vibrant cities.this boiling frustration made impressionable people turn on folks they worked with for decades.Yes,they were incited but the conditions were already present for the "sutradars" of the pogroms to use!it wasn't something they created,tested in gujrat,their ideological laboratory!(lets not give them undue credit,however ill-gotten it may be because they're not capable of it!).The jist of it is that nothing happens if their is not an under-lying situation exsisting to be exploited and an under-lying acceptance prevelant to be exploited.Its a shame a lot of us do not realise this........
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