The Clamour Around Love Jihad, the Caste Dynamic of Hindutva and Ambedkar

BJP-ruled States have announced plans for laws to curb the so-called love jihad and punish those involved in it.

 

BJP-ruled States have announced plans for laws to curb the so-called love jihad and punish those involved in it. Love Jihad is nothing but the way certain groups frame inter-religious weddings and relationships as a threat to Hinduism. But then, what about caste, varna and communalism? Why is a law not framed to end the caste system which has so deformed the Hindu religion?