On the eve of the prestigious G20 meeting of the world leaders in New Delhi the Guardian could not resist giving a moral sermon to PM Modi. In its editorial dated 7 September 2023 Modi is called an authoritarian Hindu leader under whose leadership non Hindus are second class citizens. He is accused of pushing the country into becoming a, ” de-facto ethnic democracy in which Hindus define the national identity which is a dangerous Majoritarianism”. The Muslims it claims are living in fear. It is futile telling the Guardian that there are many minorities living in India that is Bharat. The BJP government, according to the Guardian, is busy changing names of public places which harked back to the colonial rule of both the Mughals and the British. The Guardian is outraged that Lutyen names and buildings are being confined to History. This according to the paper is all part of Modi’s Hindu resurgence and Majoritarianism. Unfortunately for the Guardian there is a Hindu Resurgence and the Majoritarianism that the ruling party is accused of is the same Majoritarianism that the UK and almost all Christian countries pursue. The UK is very much a Christian Majoritarian country where all the nation’s greatest events are blessed by the Church. Why should it be any different for Hindu majority Bharat? Hindu Resurgence means that Hindu ethos and values must be respected. It takes nothing away from the minorities. The Guardian goes onto to quote the Swedish Gothenburg University which calls India an elected autocracy similar to that in Russia! This Gothenburg University is so modest. It could easily have added China too. China too is an elected autocracy. So deeply prejudiced are these institutions like the Guardian and the Gothenburg University that they have no shame in calling the world’s most vibrant democracy an autocracy. An autocrat seizes power and stifles democracy. How can a leader chosen twice by the people of Bharat be an autocrat? Finally the Guardian gets caught in its own web of Hindu hatred. Having called Modi an autocratic leader it expresses the hope that the new coalition of corrupt and disgraced leaders will defeat the ruling party. So in contradiction to what it said earlier the Guardian does believe in Indian democracy. The Guardian is outraged that the world leaders coming for the G20 meet hold Modi in high esteem and their vile propaganda against a respected leader is not worthy of the paper it is written in.
The Guardian which was shamed into admitting its role in the Slave trade has been trying to act holier than though. Only and only when the Guardian and its founders pay back the ill-gotten gains of the Slave trade can it begin to give moral guidance to others.
Not to be outdone the Times UK also chose to broadcast its grave fears of India under Modi. Catherine Philip opined that the warnings are growing lowder of the decline of democratic institutions in India and the margilization of Muslims and Christians. Catherine had to acknowledge the many areas of progress ushered in by Modi but enlightened the Times readers of his dark side which is to promote Hindutva in a Hindu majority Bharat. While almost all countries of the world proudly acclaim their faith it somehow really disturbs the Western media and Indian secularists that Hindus are asking for their rightful recognition in their country.
This piece has been sent the Guardian Editorials and Catherine Philip of the Times.
Nitin Mehta
8 September 2023
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