It’s a populist generic narrative now to tear down icons of Indian secularism in the name of “tradition.” India’s right is mostly dilettantes cheered by drooling morons who don’t spend a second of critical thinking that might challenge their local shaka’s poorly translated WhatsApp forwards. These are the same jackasses who have given provocateurs like Audrey Truschke the ability to constantly knock down strawmen.

Mother Theresa and Churchill are two topics that get Rajnikanth and Ambedkar levels of responses.

/endrant

Here’s a good post that effectively allows both sides to have valid arguments

Bonus: here’s a good analysis that goes into how this kind of blind ji hazoori is paving the road to a communist takeover of India