Hindus in Hindu Rashtra : Eighth-class Citizens and Victims of State- Sanctioned Apartheid. This item is unavailable.Hindus in Hindu Rashtra : Eighth-class Citizens and Victims of State- Sanctioned Apartheid

To those who claim we are now living in a totalitarian, fascist, Hindu Rashtra, one must ask: What kind of a Hindu Rashtra is this where a billion-strong Hindus have been, through our parliament, through our courts, our education system, and our constitution, reduced to not just second-class but, rather, eighth-class citizens? What kind of Hindu Rashtra is this where Ram Navami, Hanuman Jayanti, Durga pooja processions, and even Garba celebrations, are attacked and stoned with impunity? What kind of Hindu Rashtra is this where a sitting Prime minister says minorities have the first right to resources? What kind of Hindu Rashtra is this where Hindus are forced to be refugees in their own land, where one can settle 40,000 Rohingya Muslims but not 700,000 Kashmiri Hindus

Anand Ranganathan is a scientist and an author. He has written three books, all novels: The Land of the Wilted Rose, For Love and Honour, and The Rat Eater, Souffle. His forthcoming book is on India's forgotten scientists. Hindus in Hindu Rashtra is his first non-fiction book.