“Gujarat has gone so right-wing that it is very difficult to find a
secular opposition to Modi, and Congress seems to have given up on the
state,” added Desai.
Lord Desai, a renowned economist who had completed a doctorate by the
age of 22, refuses to visit Gujarat — his home state — since 2002
_because he doesn’t approve_ of what is happening there.
“I have not been to visit my brother in Ahmedabad or Baroda, where I was
born, as a form of protest. _I don’t want people to think that Gujarat
is normal_.
It is not just the anti-Muslim policies of the government, but also the
way artists, journalists and all liberal voices are silenced and beaten up.
A lot of bad things are going on there culturally, but most people don’t
care about the small-scale violence that Hindutva brigade indulges in
daily,” explained Lord Desai.
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