“Vamsee Juluri writes: Liberal America’s refusal to recognise racism against Hindus is pushing them away from Democrats”, Indian Express, July 13, 2023:

“Two events suggesting the quickly changing place of Hindus in American politics happened last week. One involved a Republican, and the other, a Democrat.

Republican Presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy was asked recently about his spiritual beliefs. He identified himself unhesitatingly as a Hindu and explained that both Christianity and Hinduism believe in a true God who resides in everyone. Some differences in nuance, but the “punchline was the same”. It was a Gandhian sentiment, but quite post-Gandhian too. Ramaswamy drew a sharp contrast between “religions like ours which have withstood the test of time,” and progressive social justice movements (“wokeism”), which he dismissed as “cults”.

Religion and politics are in a complex mix in today’s polarised America. Perhaps Ramaswamy’s words hint at cultural realignments in years to come, or not. It is evident, though, a moment has already come when a non-Christian Republican candidate feels confident that he needn’t change his name or religion to please Christian voters as others might have done in the past…..”

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