In hierarchical societies, reformers challenge the status quo with provocative and uncivil speech. Accusing them of hate speech is ill-intentioned. Karthick Ram Manoharan writes.
I started using Sanatana Dharma to stop Sangh Parivar groups from twisting my words as an attack on Hindu beliefs: Thirumavalavan
While Sports Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin’s recent comments about “eradicating Sanatana Dharma” have snowballed into a political controversy, it was VCK founder Thol. Thirumavalavan who had enshrined Sanatana Dharma in the lexicon of Tamil Nadu’s political discourse over the past five years.
Udhayanidhi Stalin’s comments on Sanatana Dharma stoke huge row
Udhayanidhi Stalin’s remarks were interpreted as a call for a ‘genocide’ of Hindus by BJP leaders. The TN minister has refuted these claims while standing by his statement that Sanatana Dharma was responsible for many social evils.