DesiPundit

Words of wisdom, not spouted uselessly or reeking of jingoism but those that appeal to you in the way’s that’s best - when your heart sees the truth. Words that provoke you, incite feelings about things forgotten, the terror that makes your heart thud when you see huge processions shouting slogans, waving flags whether green or saffron, beating huge drums that you can feel thundering inside your head, the imagined horror of seeing someone close to you being butchered or burnt alive, the anger, the hatred, the lust for revenge.

Coolcat has just finished reading Shashi Tharoor’s Riot, and thoughtfully examines her identity as an Indian Muslim.