| | The case of the Sri Ram Sene
leader Pramod Muthalik, who is
facing some 40 criminal cases in
Karnataka, epitomises the Indian
state’s pussyfooting in dealing
with Hindu religious extremists,
while that of the Maoist leader
Kobad Ghandy typifies the same
state’s trampling down on
dissenters upholding the cause of
the poorer classes. In parallel,
the confrontation between the
morality of those who govern the
Indian state and that of their
Maoist opponents can best be
encapsulated in a recapitulation
of the careers of Union Home
Minister Palaniappan
Chidambaram and the Maoist
ideologue Kobad Ghandy.
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