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Chitleen Sethi is an Associate Editor with ThePrint. She is an award-winning investigative journalist and covers the Punjab region, with special focus on politics and governance. Chitleen joined ThePrint in 2016. You can reach her at chitleen.sethi@theprint.in
Khalistanis and Pakistanis were the most dedicated supporters of Dhruv Rathee. His strategy of painting Hindus, especially upper-caste ones, as evil and demonising the whole community has earned him the devout following of millions of Pakistanis, Khalistanis and Indian Muslims. The comments section beneath any Dhruv Rathee video on Youtube is filled with hateful anti-Hindu remarks made by his devout followers. Pakistani journalists, even the most celebrated ones, consider him to be the foremost “scholar” on modern India’s political history and Hinduism. His consistently shrill anti-Hindu diatribe resulted in him being an icon for Muslims – both in India as well as Pakistan.
And Rathee was careful to never ever criticize Islam or Sikhism or delve into topics uncomfortable for these faiths. He seems to have made a mistake this time.