Politics in India has become “deeply anti-intellectual,” encouraging instead the creation of “bhakts” who are driven by prejudice, political scientist Gopal Guru said on Wednesday.
Prof. Guru was speaking on the ‘Enduring Legacy of National Movement and Contemporary Crisis’ at the History Congress organised by the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) to mark the 100th year of the Vaikom Satyagraha.
India today faces a scenario where there is no space for serious thought, he said. Anti-intellectualism spawns bhakts, who are led by prejudice and “narrow-thinking,” he said. “Our politics has become deeply anti-intellectual. And you have no short-cut solutions to the problem,” he said.
