Geopolitics
The Unfolding Assault: How the BJP is Re-Engineering India's National Identity Through Ceremony and Coercion
India's BJP-led government has elevated the national song 'Vande Mataram' to parity with the constitutional national anthem, mandating it precede the anthem for the first time in 80 years on Independence Day. This brazen move weaponizes state ceremony to enforce a Hindutva majoritarian vision, actively degrading the nation's secular, pluralist identity as defined by its constitution.
