The Asian Age
Ram Sene not fringe, it’s coloured saffron
What began at a Mangalore pub last month and manifested itself menacingly on Valentine’s Day in a number of states — from Karnataka to Haryana, from Madhya Pradesh to Maharashtra — cannot be dismissed as a mere aberration by a small lunatic fringe. It is a dangerous trend which, if unchecked immediately, could talibanise a religion that has been most tolerant for millennia and a country whose legitimate pride lies in its secular (...)