tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2128859103258265367.post1036081025039714989..comments2024-03-07T20:42:19.599+05:30Comments on വര്ക്കേഴ്സ് ഫോറം: ‘Gujarati Asmita’: A Hindutva Tool For Corporate Capitalismവര്ക്കേഴ്സ് ഫോറംhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00731641929122914433noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2128859103258265367.post-48116412791035550782012-03-19T22:06:01.967+05:302012-03-19T22:06:01.967+05:30TEN years since Gujarat burnt under the state spon...TEN years since Gujarat burnt under the state sponsored anti-Muslim riots after the Godhra incident, the public debate on ‘development as a healing process has hotted up”. The supporters of Modi claim, that he is a model in showing how communal cleavages can be eroded by a paradigm of ‘inclusive’ development’ that is prevalent in Gujarat. Narendra Modi has often stated that he does not look at the caste, creed or gender of people when implementing developmental programmes and that all the 6.3 crore people of the state are equal in his eyes. Their pride is the basis of his success and any one who tries to create divisions on the basis of caste and creed are infact hurting the pride of the state. Hence being anti-Modi is being anti-Gujarat and the idea of Gujarati asmita has been used as a public defense for targeting social and political activists who have been in the forefront of the fight for justice for the victims of the Gujarat riots. Hence ‘Gujarati asmita’ is itself a hegemonic ideological tool to ensure that the discriminatory attitude of the state government towards Gujarat’s labouring classes and minorities goes unnoticed by the rest of the country. It also provides the national leadership of the BJP a good cover up for their larger Hindutva politics and agenda.വര്ക്കേഴ്സ് ഫോറംhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00731641929122914433noreply@blogger.com