Cancel Culture and Public Space in India

The huge uproar over a film and the politics surrounding its ban in India is extremely unfortunate for the same applies to the content of the National Curriculum Framework. The same textbooks were revised in 2006, yet no protests occurred. Those who represent the hegemonic narrative before 2014 believe they are divinely ordained to write the final word on history, and nothing could follow their final word. Any dissenting opinion or fact is branded a misnomer or trolled endlessly. Through a well-coordinated ecosystem, the hegemonic Left vilifies anyone who disagrees with such curated narratives. This raises the vital issue of freedom of speech and creative expression in the country, highlighting the absence of diversity and a preference for hegemony and exclusivism in intellectual and public space within and outside India. One sees this in the treatment of Karan Kataria at LSE. Had Karan not been a Hindu, would his case have been handled the same way? These are the issues worth debates and discussing.