Cultural terror takes Vishwaroopam

The speed with which our tolerance is falling to fragile levels is petrifying. First, some fringe Muslim groups in Tamil Nadu waved the red flag to Kamal Haasan’s film Vishwaroopam and managed to get a 15-day “ban” on the screening of the movie in Tamil Nadu. And, now, we have the Dalit, tribal and OBC lobbies, along with politicians like the Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati, baying for the blood of political psychologist Ashis Nandy for his controversial comment on corruption among these groups.

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