Does Indian Secularism Only Hinge On Hindus?

About this episode

Kushal discusses the implications of Shekhar Gupta's article on Indian secularism and the political landscape regarding Hindu and Muslim voters.

In this monologue, Kushal responds to a recent article written by veteran journalist Shekhar Gupta titled "Muslim voters no longer matter to BJP. Only a new Hindu-led coalition can challenge Modi-Shah. These elections mark completion of BJP-secular party divide purely on Hindu-Muslim basis. BJP’s rivals are increasingly looking like Muslim parties though their leaders are all Hindus." Buy my book "Blasphemy: Let me Speak": https://amzn.in/d/0bS2pOTc Link to the Shekhar Gupta Article: https://theprint.in/national-interest/india-muslims-modi-shah-bjp-congress-secularism/2926251/ #bengalelection #narendramodi #momatabanerjee #narendramodi #assemblyelections2026 ------------------------------------------------------------ Listen to the podcasts on: SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/kushal-mehra-99891819 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1rVcDV3upgVurMVW1wwoBp Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-c%C4%81rv%C4%81ka-podcast/id1445348369 Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/show/the-carvaka-podcast ------------------------------------------------------------ Support The Cārvāka Podcast: Buy Kushal's Book: https://amzn.in/d/58cY4dU Become a Member on YouTube…

People in this episode

Host: Kushal Mehra

Topics covered

• Indian secularism
• Hindu-Muslim relations
• political analysis
• BJP
• elections
• journalism

Keywords

• Indian secularism
• Hindu voters
• Muslim voters
• BJP
• political coalition
• Shekhar Gupta

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Organizations: BJP, Congress, The Cārvāka Podcast

Products: Blasphemy: Let me Speak

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