Dear Venu, interesting take and if possible pass on this to the author, but just a few of points of dissent. Defending CPIM in the Kannur violence - may not be the best way to go about nipping the RSS at its bud. Perhaps it is the claustrophobic lack of ideological space for dissent created by the mainstream left parties that gives RSS the fodder for its cadre (Kannur has been known to be left bastion) - so instead of taking the RSS head on, it might actually be feeding RSS. Now, the actuual rise of the RSS in numerical terms in Kerala is not isolated to Kannur and is spread across Kerala. In fact, my father hails from a panchayat ward that was the first ward to see electoral victory for the BJP in Kerala and is located right at the end of south malabar in trichur district It might have been a misreading, but atleast in terms of my politics, (fanatic though it might sound), RSS family uses the constitutional means to legitimise their power en route to their ideological aspirations - which includes creating a theocratic state in India through "constitutional" mechanisms/amendments. Best
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