This article makes many glib assumptions about RSS and Hindu nationalism. Most Americans don't understand the RSS, so its quite natural that a rabble-rousing au

This article makes many glib assumptions about RSS and Hindu nationalism. Most Americans don't understand the RSS, so its quite natural that a rabble-rousing author might pander to their antipathy of the Nazi and conflate the two organizations. However, this assumption cannot be further from the truth. The RSS was build on principles of nationalism and a one India philosophy, as opposed to the divided India "lie" perpetuated by the British rulers. The RSS considers Muslims, Hindus, Sikhs, Christians as brothers from another mother, as children of the same soil, as Indians. Secondly the assumption that RSS is ruling India since 2014 is farcical and ludicrous. It's the BJP which is ruling India, and while they might have roots to the RSS politics and philosophy are two very different things. The BJP is as much aligned to RSS as much as Republicans are aligned to the gun touting midwest in US. And like the republicans the BJP has other constituents and parliamentary constraints before they can enact a law. For eg a law to privatise farmers output was quashed by farmers protest. BJP has a soft corner for the Hindus who are continually persecuted in Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan which is palpable buts whats wrong with that ? Islam is a unipolar religion with no option to cohabit as equal citizen under the same roof. India continues to have Sharia law and allows 4 marriages per muslim man, while most islamic republic like Turkey and Pakistan have banned the practice since 1960's. Isn't the Government supposed to remove such archaic practice ? Whats wrong with that, yet successive Governments have sidestepped these matters leading to a majority Muslims, remaining poor and living in a tribal format devoid of modern education. Thus this matter needs to be understood in context of the complexity of India. Now coming the caste system, again disingenuous remarks are made, as regards to them leaving hinduism and joining Islam. If thats the case then why does India still have a substantial "lower" caste population? Why didn't they convert to Islam ? Perhaps they didn't get the memo despite 700 years of muslim rule in India ? These matters are far more complex than are made out to be by some whippersnappers. India has to transform its 200 million muslims and 400 million Dalits into a modern forward looking society and some dislocation from their past practice is necessary.