Dhruv Rathee’s viral video asks if India is becoming a dictatorship. The problem is that it is an over-stylised description that lets the present govt off the hook.
Be it media, social media, human rights movements, political leaders, or even judges, there have been concerted efforts to get them toe the line of the state.
Across India, anyone who dares or could dare to express political disagreement with the Modi government risks going to jail on trumped up charges, in which trial and bail are difficult.
Krishna has slandered an entire community in the name of freedom of speech. But Brahmin musicians numerically dominate the field due to a complex mix of socio-economic factors, not casteism.
Neither state govts nor companies earn large profits from lotteries. However, a look at the system shows there’s ample evidence of murky dealings and financial irregularities.
The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.
Of all the criticism Dhruv Rathee has come under, the one about him living in Germany and raising such a question is the lamest. It seems that we as Indians only want take hear good things about India and anyone who points out very obvious problems is someone “against” India. It is almost as if people have forgotten that dissent is also a form of patriotism. The sad reality is asymmetrical content now between the BJP and the rest. The composition of the Lok Sabha gives the northern states a huge share of sears and the very poor quality of mainstream Hindi media whose only job now is to take in money from taxpayer funded advertising and praise the BJP, has left the average voter very poorly informed about the reality. The only hope is that people vote with their pocket books because the sold reality and the actual reality are quite far apart.
Of all the criticism Dhruv Rathee has come under, the one about him living in Germany and raising such a question is the lamest. It seems that we as Indians only want take hear good things about India and anyone who points out very obvious problems is someone “against” India. It is almost as if people have forgotten that dissent is also a form of patriotism. The sad reality is asymmetrical content now between the BJP and the rest. The composition of the Lok Sabha gives the northern states a huge share of sears and the very poor quality of mainstream Hindi media whose only job now is to take in money from taxpayer funded advertising and praise the BJP, has left the average voter very poorly informed about the reality. The only hope is that people vote with their pocket books because the sold reality and the actual reality are quite far apart.
Irony is that the German shepherd is saying this while sitting outside India 🤣🤣🤣🤣