Minority concerns
In an interview on Thursday (Inside pages, “Obama says India may ‘pull apart’ over minority rights”, June 23), the former United States President, Barack Obama, has revealed his concerns about minorities in India.
I believe India is entering the third stage, as articulated in the work, On the Postcolony, by Cameroonian philosopher, Achille Mbembe. He proposed three stages for postcolonial countries: the construction of a state over peaceful coexistence between majorities and minorities, majoritarianism, and the annihilation of minorities. Attacks on people by accusing them of carrying beef, rights violations in the name of the lower class, demolition of mosques, and other such incidents demonstrate how India is moving to the last stage. In a nutshell, if people start fighting over religion and castes, it would ruin India’s peace and order.
