Hafsa Kanjwal: There is so much to say about the response of the Indian liberal intelligentsia on the Citizenship Amendment Bill that was passed in the Indian parliament (it effectively ensures that Muslims cannot be naturalized in India, officially making them the second-class citizens we all knew they already were).
This response by an esteemed poli sci prof at Brown (who also speaks frequently on Kashmir) is just one such example. Instead of looking within, trying to understand how such a toxic ideology can take root (hello, RSS?) within the Indian ideological spectrum, they continue to situate blame and invoke Pakistan. This is the kind of sick obsession with Pakistan and deeprooted Islamophobia that has made this class of individuals completely complicit as their own country descends into fascism.
And to create such a false equivalence between a nation that was founded to protect minority interests vs one that is exerting majoritarianism is also just so…..(insert your own comment here)