The subtle art of differentiating between a theocracy and a secular democracy
Two countries. Two self-styled godmen. Why does the ‘theocracy’ call out the misogyny and corruption of one while no less than the Supreme Court of the ‘secular democracy’ stop investigation against the other?
Akshat Jain is a writer currently living on the Indian subcontinent. His work has been published in Raiot, Newslaundry, Countercurrents and Out of Print, among other places.