Are NRIs bigoted?

It is sometimes claimed by righteous folk in India that people who have migrated to rich countries are bigoted. Social theorist Ashis Nandy has written that, “Among NRIs in the First World, I shall not be surprised if some survey finds that the support base of Hindu nationalism is more than 90 per cent.” In Martha Nussbaum's view, the anti-Muslim pogroms in Gujarat in 2002 were encouraged from America: private donations gathered in the United States by groups like the Vishwa Hindu Parishad were “highly significant in the funding of the Gujarat violence".

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