When a writer as significant as Arundhati Roy starts to warn about a “genocidal climate” in the world’s biggest democracy, it’s time to start paying attention.
Speaking to openDemocracy last week, Roy described how “the hashtag #CoronaJihad started to circulate on Twitter” and was picked up by the traditional press; how one Muslim congregation was branded “human bombs”; how Muslims were being denied admission to hospitals; and how “local BJP leaders and politicians were calling for Muslim fruit and vegetable sellers to be boycotted”.
“The tone of the media... began to sound like Radio Rwanda,” she said.
