Meenakshi Ravi on the possible political and religious repercussions of the recent terrorist attacks in Mumbai:
Today, India’s political parties seem to be using many of the same fault lines used by the British to wrench open India’s multi-cultural society and win votes. It’s clear to many watching that these latest terror attacks in Mumbai will deliver some much needed electoral gains to the BJP in the state elections. The fear amongst liberal Indians (be they pro or anti-Congress) is that come 2009, the BJP will be in position to put together (probably another coalition) government at the centre. That may just be the beginning of a dangerous path towards the de-secularization of a country whose stance on religious tolerance has been one of its most praiseworthy and noble traits.
Read her full commentary at The Huffington Post, where Mohsin Mohi-Ud Din also writes about the implications the attacks might have for Kashmir.