The principle of the performance of secular identity has now been replaced by the performance of Hinduness as the necessary condition for political leadership.
Ivanka Trump gave India something that had nothing to do with women and empowerment. She gave India what it still covets—effusive praise from the West.
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People sitting in air conditioned rooms spitting at Hindu religion making fun of their customs and beliefs making a mockery of their deities, this is secularism for them. India has had enough of all this nonsense, people do not need this rubbish any more.
People sitting in air conditioned rooms spitting at Hindu religion making fun of their customs and beliefs making a mockery of their deities, this is secularism for them. India has had enough of all this nonsense, people do not need this rubbish any more.