Seculars are voting for whom?

Translation: "Nothing's gonna happen with this country" This is LinkedIn what we are talking about. People are begging to vote for a certain party because it favours their religion. And the person who liked this post, is someone I used to regard because he is knowledgeable. If this is what is happening at the forefront, imagine the propaganda that is being shared within your mom or dads WhatsApp groups.

Jo Hindu BJP Ko vote nhi diya wo Hindu nhi hai kya?

I was to give an interview for a post-graduate degree abroad, and right up until today morning I still had mixed feelings about leaving the country. The first startup I worked in was built on the idea of Digital India and right up until my last employer, I believed and wholeheartedly bought into the future of this country. Until the events of the last few years. Our family was extorted for money (through threats to demolish our home under false pretences) leading up to elections in Bangalore by a BJP MLA and his corrupt crew. My entire layout has become a hotbed of Hindutva nationalism to the extent that some Muslim households keep their curtains permanently closed and sadly I've lost some very good friends simply because I didn't side with them or chose to remain apolitical. But I think the last straw was today. I don't know why but today of all days I've made the decision emotionally to quit India. To be clear I have no issues with the temple and frankly, I don't know enough to battle the inevitable "you're not a true Indian/Hindu" comments that will follow this post. It's just that I have this sinking feeling we have now so thoroughly mixed politics with religion that we will never go back from here. If you think this is a victory for Hindus fair enough, but it also feels like a loss for a secular nation. Am I alone or wrong in feeling this way? PS: If you want to debate, please do with some sensible comments. It has taken a lot for me to come and post this here even if it is anonymous. I would greatly appreciate it if we could have a conversation and not a put-down contest.

Aur ye congress ko kyu pasand kr rhe log

Looks like things aren’t as rosy as they would have seemed for BJP Most NDA projections seem to be ending at 320 as upper cap What are you guys thinking? What does this mean for India? What does it mean for us?

I mean I understand the outrage but it’s a public company. Just organise and short the stock. All companies are aligned to incentives. Align the incentives for the company in a way that the business generated by the veg fleet is overwhelming affecting them negatively and the company will correct itself. If you can’t then shut the fuck up. It’s a company trying to grow its business. A companies only prerogative is delivering outcomes to its shareholders. Stop sitting in your AC rooms working in companies mostly either funded or founded by purely vegetarian folks and hope that your outrage on twitter justifies your contribution to social justice in this country. Save your mindless outrage for events of significant consequence. PS: I eat non veg and I don’t really care how a vegetarian prefers to eat his food that he is paying for from the money he made from his work.

Everyone here is educated, works decent jobs and pays taxes. I want to know your thoughts on upcoming general election, who are you going to vote? what do you expect will be the result? Do you think there is a level playing field for all the parties? Please give a general overview as well as local overview of your state/constituency. Ps: please be civil and avoid distasteful language.

How would you rate PM Modi’s tenure for the last 10 years on a scale of 1 to 10? Are you really happy with the progress or BJP oversale?

This realisation is purely a selfish thing, which led me to think of reasons behind my friends supporting the BJP. I absolutely hate BJP's hate, religion, divide&rule politics, and I'm sure most BJP supporters themselves also hate that, but they don't have a choice like most of us. If you are supporting BJP, you fall in one of the following categories for sure: 1. Your family supports them, so you have to. 2. Someone in your family is a small/big BJP related politician. 3. You have seen/used the perks of supporting them i.e local influence. 4. You are a businessman/entrepreneur who benefited from their policies and believes they will help you further as well. 5. Brainwashed blind faith in Modi. 6. You are a Hindu and you blindly hate Muslims. 7. No trust in the opposition party. What other reasons? Tell me in the comments, what were your reasons to vote for the BJP. Now coming to my reason: I don't want to see the stock market bloodbath, i have invested a lot and for sure the market will go down 20-30% if the BJP loses. But glad i didn't vote for them.