This is something I’ve been thinking about for a while—Compulsive hatred being created in the country to deepen communal tensions.
The number of hate speech incidents targeting Muslim and Christian minorities rose to 1,165 in 2024 from 668 the year prior, a 74% increase, according to a report from the Washington-based research group, India Hate Lab. The majority of these, around 98%, targeted Muslims, either explicitly or alongside Christians.
For the last decade or so, there has been a rise in communal violence and the political parties and mainstream media have played such a huge role in perpetuating this hatred. There is an ‘othering’ of people and communities and who gets to be a part of this nation is being deliberately redefined. But are all these just tactics to divert the people from the very social issues that are vital for this society - an effort by those in power to evade accountability for their actions and policies.
