Many Muslims have exhausted their capacity to feel fear | The Indian Express

Many Muslims have exhausted their capacity to feel fear | The Indian Express

Written by Irena Akbar |Updated: April 26, 2019 9:01:50 am

Irena Akbar is a Lucknow-based entrepreneur and a former journalist with The Indian Express.

Many Muslims have exhausted their capacity to feel fear

Alienating Muslims, of course, has only been an appendage to the government’s larger project of developing a misplaced sense of Hindu pride - one that depends on the demonisation of Muslims.

Like fear, hate can’t be held on to for too long. Both have an expiry date. My fear has expired. Has your hate too?

Pragya Thakur, an accused in the 2008 Malegaon blasts that killed six people, is contesting the general elections. As a Muslim, am I scared by this development? No.