What lies behind the resistance to re-examining India’s dominant political and intellectual narratives? In the second part of his follow-up essay series on the politics of minority-progressive-celebrities (MPCs), Sriram Chellapilla questions the assumptions surrounding Hindu reform, religious supremacism and the alleged threat to the Constitution. He challenges the selective scrutiny of Hindu history, examines the ideological leanings of India’s media and cultural establishment, and questions who gets to decide what constitutes intellectual credibility. Moving beyond familiar political labels, the article makes a case for independent scholarship, intellectual scepticism and a willingness to confront uncomfortable questions.
