thank god for people like tarun tejpal who seem to have their moral compass pointed in the right direction. i am a muslim in india and i can say no one has forgotten the kristal nacht of hindu fascism. we will remember , we will not forget.
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Partying While Gujarat Burned
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Still, ironies multiply like malarial mosquitoes. Amid all the knife sharpening, one can hear the celebratory noises of India's economy booming. Even this achievement should not be overstated, however, for India's economic explosion has involved only 200 million people, leaving 900 million more out in the cold. The latest statistics show that the numbers of Indians living in abject poverty are actually growing in five major states. In 30 percent of India's districts, Maoist insurrections, rising from crushing poverty, are on the upswing. Can Manhattan and sub-Saharan Africa exist in the same space without eventual torque? As in America's Gilded Age, could the ground be shifting beneath the feet of the partying elite?
The fact is India cannot be fixed through economic initiatives alone. It needs great political vision. And there are no signs of that. Yes, India is highly resilient, which allows the management of great contradictions and crises. But in the coming years, this resilience will be tested as never before.
Tejpal is editor in chief of Tehelka magazine, based in New Delhi.
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