I’m a minority. A minority who generally considers herself very fortunate to be blessed with the opportunity to call India my adopted home.

However some elements in the Hindu majority have a ‘majority minority complex’ and recent expressions are quite disturbing.

Fearing losing its place as the majority, certain ‘Hindu’ leaders in positions of political power and influence, are flexing their might with  tactics such as:

• Telling schools to have ‘good governance‘ activities on Christmas, effectively cancelling the holiday
• ‘Ghar wapasi’ campaigns with announcements of ‘reconversion’ ceremonies scheduled for Christmas day

Now… good governance is sorely lacking in this country…. (more…)