Lessons from Aseemanand’s Confession - A comment by Christophe Jaffrelot, Malvika Maheshwari

The Economic and Political Weekly, February 05 - February 11, 2011

Paradigm Shifts by the RSS? Lessons from Aseemanand’s Confession
by Christophe Jaffrelot, Malvika Maheshwari

In the long run, the ongoing developments on the involvement of Hindu fundamentalists in terrorist acts are disastrous not only for India but possibly for the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh as well. India, whose democratic image is still a key element of its soft power, will have to restore the credibility of its rule of law and of its agencies which were initially quick to identify the wrong men as guilty because of deep-rooted prejudice and the growing ideology of majoritarianism.

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