Re: India’s proud heritage
Well, as far as im concerned, fanciful stories, whether you believe them to be fact or fiction, create a tinder box in which people with a hyper inflated sense of self importance, saddled with centuries of insecurities, and itching to regain their lost pride, go out and start attacking the perceived enemy who is presumable responsible for the loss of that pride. In the case of Hindutva, RSS, BJP etc, there is a long history of violence, particularly toward Muslims. How can you guarantee that this Hindu chest thumping wont result in more violence when already the Hindutva people are out converting Muslims and Christians, and i believe also trying to pick a fight with Pakistan at the border.
How is this nationalist rhetoric any different from the Nazi mythologizing of their own supposed origins from Aryans ?