New India: How Not To Be Gaslighted By It by Parakala Prabhakar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYvoXVVT1Pk Dec 15, 2021
In the first part: Parakala Prabhakar ( partner of the finance Minister), responds to allegations that he is being only critical, onesided, and not offering alternatives.. around 5.30 mins https://www.youtube.com/embed/UYvoXVVT1Pk?start=133&end=565
Overall state of our public discourse: https://youtu.be/UYvoXVVT1Pk?t=564 Dr Parakala dwells on the main features of India's dominant national public discourse in the Episode. He mentions discourse on J & K, Migrant labour duirng lockdown, horrors of partition, re-development of Kashi and Kedarnath..
Today in India political discourse has come to such a stage that if you support the government and praise the Kashi Vishwanath corridor you’re a nationalist and a patriot. And if you speak about hunger and unemployment you’re are branded an anti national and an urban naxal. This is the narrative the government, the ruling party and its supporters are very effectively pushing. Our social media and instant messaging services like WhatsApp are inundated with this narrative. An influential section of our print and television media to a large extent reflect this narrative today. Citizens are gaslighted by this powerful narrative.