Hatred in India today is no longer private feeling but public pastime.
As violence against Muslims becomes public spectacle, India’s majoritarian politics has turned hate into entertainment and silence into complicity.
By Ismail Salahuddin
Writer and researcher based in Delhi and Kolkata.
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