Question

what are the main features of majoritarianism in india​

Answer 1

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1. IT RESULTS IN GREATER PRODUCTIVITY

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Answer 2

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The term majoritarianism is the new cuss word of the Indian political scene, a derogatory loaded expletive bandied around recklessly by a pompous cabal of intellectuals to demonize the current Indian government as a callous juggernaut that rides roughshod over the rights of minorities. Nothing can be farther from the truth.

But what precisely is the meaning of majoritarianism? Does it accurately reflect the socio-political culture of present day India? Can we honestly identify categorical instances of blatant majoritarianism? Or is it a theory juxtaposed from Western philosophy onto the Indian narrative without relevance to its context by intellectual charlatans hoping to obfuscate the picture in pursuit of a vested agenda?

Majoritarianism is a concept propounded by 18th century European philosophers to alert people to the subliminal dangers of even a seemingly honourable system like democracy. In simple terms, it is a tendency of the majority community to suppress the minority.

John Stuart Mill, the British philosopher used the phrase the "tyranny of the majority" to highlight this repressive urge in his monumental essay "Liberty": "Like other tyrannies, the tyranny of the majority was at first, and is still vulgarly, held in dread...there needs protection also against the tyranny of the prevailing opinion and feeling, against the tendency of society to impose, by other means than civil penalties, its own ideas and practices as rules of conduct on those who dissent from them..." However, majoritarianism is not a one fits all refrain. Broad generalisations that sweep one and all into a common basket are too simplistic to offer real insight into specific situations. The final product in each case is the sum total of the basic concept, plus the inherent characteristics of the particular people among whom it takes hold, namely their culture and religious philosophy giving it a distinct hue. The inability to discern this defining difference is the greatest pitfall of the anti-nationalist commentariat in India.

For one, to draw a parallel between pre-World War II German nationalism and Hindu nationalism in order to give it a diabolical connotation of majoritarianism is akin to comparing apples and oranges. Fears of a brute majoritarianism may have some validity in homogenised societies like pre-World War II Europe, which lacked a sound spiritual base. But nationalism in the setting of a society that is traditionally non-violent, tolerant and pluralistic like India produces a totally different end product. Majoritarianism in the Indian context means plurality and tolerance.