JAIPUR: Author and parliamentarian Shashi Tharoor, slamming ‘Hindutva politics’ at the Jaipur Literature Festival on Sunday, said some people have reduced Hinduism to “something like the team identity of the British football hooligan” who become violent if someone doesn’t support the team of their choice. Tharoor argued that religion is essentially a private domain, that ought to be independent of state encroachment.The Congress MP claimed that the people who have such a mindset often say, “if you don’t support my team, I’m going to hit you on the head. Similarly, some say if you don’t say, Jai Shri Ram, I’m going to flog you.” Tharoor added, “That’s not Hinduism. That has nothing to do with Hinduism.”Tharoor was sharing the stage with Spanish writer and co-author of the global bestseller ‘Ikigai’ Francesc Miralles and discussed the way of Purusharthas – the four goals of human life.
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