Suhas Palshikar writes: Will that be the shape of life after lockdown?

Suhas Palshikar writes: Will that be the shape of life after lockdown?

Minimise democracy, maximise interfaith distance, maintain aloofness from poor — may be the new normal

APRIL 22, 2020 10:06:10 AM

Equally disturbingly, the lockdown has ensured that the class-chasm would become more real, more sharp and yet politically infructuous. The overwhelming support that the lockdown has received among India’s middle classes is noteworthy not just because of the gullibility of that class but also because of its complete lack of social connection to anything beyond itself.