A deep sense of unease is spreading through India, making people feel like the country itself is shifting beneath them. Under Prime Minister Modi, an assertive Hindu nationalism is increasingly setting the tone, pushing aside the more familiar, diverse ways of life. This isn’t just political maneuvering; it feels like a move to redefine the soul of India, questioning and potentially dismantling the secular identity that was so carefully built. And in this push for a “Hindu Rashtra,” a chilling irony unfolds: it seems to breathe life back into the very Two-Nation Theory—the painful idea that Hindus and Muslims were destined to be separate peoples—that India so vehemently rejected at its birth.

The idea of India as a tapestry woven from diverse threads, once a source of quiet pride, now feels fragile, threatened. The changes aren’t abstract; they are felt on the ground. When familiar city names vanish overnight, replaced with ones echoing a different history, a sense of disorientation follows. It’s........

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