A political direction in life

Note to readers: Root Privileges is now Slightly Acidic. Daily writing promptWhat gives you direction in life?View all responses I’m a political creature. I didn’t think that I’d be one but I am. I believe this is a response to India’s present historical moment. Since the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), led by Narendra Modi, assumed power in the national government, the quality of the national political discourse has consistently declined. Communalism has become overt. Majoritarian policymaking has become the norm. The national government has become synonymous with manipulation, deception, and duplicity. Political leaders openly spread misinformation and pseudoscience. The foreign policy is indistinguishable from opportunism. Political ideologies come and go; why should that direct one’s life? When the BJP assumed power in 2014, its leaders, including Modi, bolted out from their cages misinformation-first. For some time after, I assumed that whenever they’d next lose power and exit the…