The narrative split in the grand political sphere is even more troubling. Millions of Hindus speak to each other as Hindus, figure things out as Hindus, form networks, organizations, political parties, struggle hard and win elections and actually form governments too. Then, when they assume office, instead of fulfilling the mandate that brought them there, they freeze up. They realize that they simply cannot speak about Hindu pain anymore. So they go off to the UN, and to the G7, and to other global fora, and plunge into a dumbed down parade of platitudes on vasudaiva kutumbakam and secular
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