So many people on the 'right' had an issue with the anti communal violence bill back in the day.
They took offense to the fact that the bill was biased and it saw the majority community as a potential perpetrator of violence always and minority community as an innocent victim always.
It is strange then that very few complain today of equally draconian proposals from the "Hindu" "right" wing government where one segment of Hindu population is designated as a potential oppressor always and another far far bigger segment with a conglomerate of many Hindus groups is a potential victim always.
I appreciate those who are raising a voice on this abomination of a proposal. It is just one of many. Not like we are seeing such for the first time anyway. So many people bite this bullet as a necessary cost of maintaining mythical Hindu unity.
I don't care if I am labelled anti-national..anti-Hindu (unity)..anti-NaMo BJP RSS whatever..
It is my firm belief that this uncritical surrender to an extremely biased and sinister Oppressor-Oppressed framework to understand and govern Hindu society is essentially Saffron Marxism and nothing good will come out of this.
This is Adharma.
Times are such that Adharma can also help you get votes. Just because you get votes don't assume whatever helps you win votes is Dharma.
Mughals collected one third as tribute and Marathas collected one-fourth. Sardeshmukhi of an extra 10% was not universally applied and is limited to certain kingdoms. On the other hand, Mughals had Jaziya from the time of Aurangzeb the Lame. Add to that, Mughal excesses - in Rajputana, in Orchha, in Ratlam for example. But, Marathas are more reviled than Mughals. Why?
India has sufficient money to spend on Rafales and still don't feel a pinch. That 36 billion spent is an investment - to futureproof the gaps in equipment and to keep an ally close. But then, when you are spending that amount of money, you should really be in a rush to come up with local alternatives. Where is the indigenization drive to match the imports? That's where and why the blame squarely lies with the government and it's defence procurement lobbies - for the lethargy in containing the imports.