MISFITTING: AN ISLAMOPHOBIC (FILM) INDUSTRY IN A SECULAR STATE
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This article seeks to highlight the prevalence of Islamophobia in the daily fundamental operations of Indian society – by making use of existing examples of media, i. e., Padmavaat and Panipat. Apart from revealing the same, this article looks in the causes and effects of such contempt that Indians harbor.
Islamophobia is the contempt for the Islamic culture which has gained prominence in contemporary Indian society owing to the communal violence it has been leading to. While this contempt has become a part of the way Indians have come to operate, reflecting in all things they do – it has been further fueled by those in power, owing to the large influence they exert on the people. 72 years ago, the constitution of India was drafted which put in place a perennial call for equality, a call for respecting those whose religious ideals may not be the same as ours. For Islamophobia to prevail in a country like ours, is particularly dangerous for it chips away at these ideas on which our country has progressed. This Islamophobia may not always be visible to the ‘naked eye’, moreover a ‘biased’ eye which has come to believe that Islamophobia is acceptable. It is time we pick apart the way we operate, to look within our ‘normal’ ideologies to ensure that we do not alienate a section of society, an ‘egalitarian’ society. While it may be a slow, arduous process to analyze and change the way we have come to operate - it is one deserving of the effort.
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