Citing Vivekananda, Tharoor says mine is not only way of Hinduism

AUTHOR and parliamentarian Shashi Tharoor, slamming ‘Hindutva politics’ at the Jaipur Literature Festival on Sunday, said some people have reduced Hinduism to “something like the team identity of the British football hooligan” who become violent if someone doesn’t support the team of their choice.

- RAJESH ASNANI @ Jaipur

Tharoor argued that religion is essentially a private domain, that ought to be independent of state encroachment.

The Congress MP claimed that the people who have such a mindset often say, “if you don’t support my team, I’m going to hit you on the head. Similarly, some say if you don’t say, Jai Shri Ram, I’m going to flog you.” Tharoor added, “That’s not Hinduism. That has nothing to do with Hinduism.”