The post-Godhra genocide in Gujarat was a firm announcement that the incipient, creeping fascism of the last few decades has finally arrived in India. Fascism is not merely the exploitation of communal divides. In essence it is a negation of democracy, growing unaccountability of various organs of the state and steady attenuation of civil liberties. This fascist authoritarianism which has taken the form of Hindu majoritarian nationalism ever since Indira ...
