This has been the great failing of the Indian elite. One can litigate the validity of this rage until the end of time but it won’t make a lick of difference— it is real and the primary driving force in Indian politics. https://twitter.com/aatishtaseer/status/1357332405359677448

A competent elite would’ve understood this and shaped and channeled this rage in productive ways, to break feudal social relations and escape historical patterns that have kept India poor and subjugated for centuries.

Instead they fly overseas and make a living off the spectacle of it: “behold the savage Hindoo!” The “idea of idea” lies in ashes;the question is whether this rage will be the fertilizer for a new india, or dissipate in a violent, nihilistic dance on the grave of what came before https://twitter.com/aatishtaseer/status/1357333783532482560