Banana republics in Central America have death squads. Do you want India to be viewed as a banana republic?
As for turning India into a religious dictatorship... I have read many complaints that India is not seen as a major world player and is not given the attention deserved. An Indian religious dictatorship would certainly attract the attention of the world but also the opposition of most of the world. Now that would advance India's cause no end, wouldn't it?
There's a quote in Hindi, my angrez fwend- "Jungle mein more nacha, kisne dekha?"
(A peacock danced in the forest but who saw?)
Every nation has to cleanse itself a few years lest it's forever changed, fragmented or lose it's soul.
Do I want India to have a banana republic with death squads?
Yes, if they're on our side and for a limited time period.
I consider Indian republic to already be a banana republic in many ways.
Different laws for different religions, regions, tribes, landmarks, everything.
Which "sane" republic allows literally hundreds of insurgent groups to rear their ugly head every few decades?
Let's consider this comparison to SA. South American countries don't have that level of enmity, hatred, fragments and crisis among them.
They're all agnostic/christians who speak Spanish barring Brazil that speaks Portugueuse and French Guiana where the official language is French, although the common man still speaks Spanish.
What are we?
The last pagan civilization standing.
Every rival neighbor of ours stands in wild and extreme contrast to our culture, people and country.
A Bolivian invasion of Chile is a conflict of flags and leaders. Not of language, culture, religion and way of life.
Ours is the conflict of our soul.
It all sounds very sentimental but it's true.
If they (The South Americans) can take such extreme measures for a trivial pursuit (from a civilizational point of view), ours is a much bigger bet.
Let me embody the cringey raging emo teenager in me by quoting Joker-
Dare I say, if you still followed the religion of the Celtic tribes and there were nutty Christian hordes raging at your borders (I know I know, just humor me here) , you'd know the extreme paranoia that sometimes grips us if we get mildly pessimistic about the future.
Consider UK getting invaded by France lol. You wouldn't feel the same fear as... Say... The packies invading UK (Although I hear they already are doing so in which case, y'all will feel the heat soon enough. Not looking forward to it. The gods know I'd never wish a plague like that upon my worst enemy except my WORST enemy.)
Feel my pain brah. Feel it in the most non sexual, non homoerotic, non creepy way.
Just the emotions.
Don't be feeling up my pants unless you're a girl.
