What's Happening in India Today?

The British take for granted that there is something called Hinduism, which exists distinct from everything else in India. By the time the Raj comes to an end, India proclaims itself to be a secular republic. And I think what's happening in India at the moment with Modi and the rise of what is called the Hindu right is a kind of recognition that actually the secular isn't something that is universal. It's not a kind of given. In fact it's very, very culturally contingent, and so that's why they want to get rid of it.