India, as a state, presents a stimulating case of proliferating extremism. Over the centuries 'Greater India' has been shrinking in size as more and more ethno-sectarian minorities chose to create separate political entities in order to escape the strait jackets imposed by Hindu extremism. The post-independence era touted as India's democratic order could not grow beyond the tyranny of majoritarian rule. A number of struggles varying from inter-nal autonomy to outright independ-ence are a "political normal" for contemporary India. Recent cases of extremism in India are not really a new phenomenon, instead the country's history is full of cases where minorities had to face vio-lence and bear the brunt of exclu-sionism in one way or the other.
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