Anirvan Chatterjee on Nostr: As I read the news, I struggle to understand how people can cheer on a march toward ...
As I read the news, I struggle to understand how people can cheer on a march toward fascism.
But then I remember my grandmother—a freedom fighter tortured by the British in colonial India.
By her 70s, she was convinced that India needed strong, authoritarian Netaji-style rule.
She was shocked by the corruption she saw around her in late 20th century Calcutta. This probably wasn't the India she'd hoped for as she carried messages for Bengali revolutionaries as a young woman. (1/2)
But then I remember my grandmother—a freedom fighter tortured by the British in colonial India.
By her 70s, she was convinced that India needed strong, authoritarian Netaji-style rule.
She was shocked by the corruption she saw around her in late 20th century Calcutta. This probably wasn't the India she'd hoped for as she carried messages for Bengali revolutionaries as a young woman. (1/2)