Beware of the repentant

Good cop/bad cop is one of the routines which has been employed countless times in movies/fiction to point of being reduced to cliche and generally considered to be indicative of run of the mill and unimaginative narrative.

A routine, similar to but not as publicized as, aforementioned, has been employed with increasing frequency in recent past, as a position in public discourse, by individuals belonging to both the dominating as well as emerging section of Indian intelligentsia. This routine can be termed as "Reasonable liberal maneuver".

A little background, as I have written earlier liberal infested intelligentsia of India (also true in general for world) suffers from lack of criticism. From this shortcoming following flaws manifest

First, and also most benign, when Indians import the ideas from west without understanding the context and development of the particular system, result is instead of assimilation, it is undigested mass of confusion.

Second, to assume middle path as a default liberal position. Again assuming middle path is not a cardinal sin, as long as it is after deliberating or as a political compromise. This, however, is not the case, instead "moderation as virtue" creeps in discourse.

But the above are nothing compared to the last, which is failure even to understand the meaning behind term which one is introducing. Where ideas are reduced to slogans, to be unleashed on masses, which are used as a means to drive the agenda, to monopolize term of debate, to stifle dissidence, to capture the institutions, to acquire control over collective consciousness, the ultimate goal being power unchallenged and untrammelled by any contrary position.

Whatever passes for intellectual discourse in India is, for most part, chicanery and obfuscation, the aim being to occupy moral high ground, dictating the contours of debate and therefore secure power as guardian of social conscience and position as elite in social hierarchy.
This is accomplished by using slogans as weapons.

Unfortunately for our intellectual establishment, their stranglehold is breaking. Partly as a result of intellectual bankruptcy disguised as public policy, and partly because Indians have become restless. This slipping of power makes them nervous, hence this fake contrition and drama of repentance. Point is, they still do not think, they still covet power and they still persist in dishonesty. The only reason they are even carrying out this charade in the first place is, they are trying their best to somehow accommodate rise of Hindu aspirations, and still maintain their stranglehold. They are not going to succeed.

Present lunacy notwithstanding, it is my firm belief that Indians are reasonable people, also that historically Indic civilization has always been open to constructive dialog. What India rages against today is the grandiose posturing and false pretence of Intellectualism. The need of hour is more original thinking and honesty and less maneuvering, less dissimulation.