Cynical politicians submit to extremists

Republican India’s pride at the time of its birth was that it was a country where religion was not a factor in policy making, in contrast to the breakaway country of Pakistan where everything was decided by religion. That distinction is fading. We may not become a theocratic state, but religion is steadily moving to centrestage in politics  and public life. The newest witnesses are A R Rahman, Sri Ram Sene and of course Salman Rushdie.

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