Consequences of Indian democracy forgetting the ‘art of the possible’
Politics is no longer viewed as an art of the possible in Indian democracy. The new ethos of government promotes majoritarianism and the 'othering' of everyone who does not conform to majoritarian ideals. This apparent ‘muscularity’ of the Central government has made it untenable to accommodate divergent viewpoints, depriving India of the diversity it has always bragged about.