The Giant and the Ropes: Hindutva’s Paradox in Modern India

Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels offers a timeless lens for understanding power and perception. In Lilliput, the giant Gulliver lies pinned to the ground by hundreds of tiny threads and stakes. The Lilliputians, small in stature but grand in their self-importance, treat him as both a miraculous asset and a dangerous force to be managed. They tie him down with...