India has taken so sharp a turn in recent years that the very centre has shifted considerably. What led to this swing? Is it possible to trace the path to this point? Is there a way back to the just secular inclusive vision of our Constitution-makers?This country has long been an outlier in its South Asian neighbourhood with its inclusive Constitution and functioning democracy. The growth of Hindutva in some sense brings India in line with the other polities here. In Our Hindu Rashtra writer and