| Success,
as the saying goes, has many fathers and failure none. But there is
a difference between what we call opportunism and willingness to
recognize a significant change, especially a change that promises to
mark the end of an epoch and the beginning of a new one. I am
persuaded that we are witnessing a change of that order in India.
So, as I view the scene, it is no
longer particularly relevant to debate whether Hindu rashtra is
desirable or not, though many of us, mired as we human beings mostly
are in modes of thought which have had their day, will continue to
engage in this exercise. It has been firmly and finally put on the
agenda, though, again many of us would try hard to avoid this
recognition because, more often than not, wish is the father of
thought for most of us. The pertinent question now is the speed with
which this possibility is likely to be realized.
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