The Indian Bolshevik

 Nostalgia is a strange thing. When we put on Nostalgia goggles, one tends to forget the evils gone by. The nostalgia also exists among those who vehemently hate the ruling party. The Modi tenure has liberals longing for the days of yore when Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi, Atal Bihari Vajpayee etc. was PM. One wonders if someday Yogi Adityanath, becomes the PM, will there be the same level of hand-wringing for the ‘liberal era of the Modi govt? - Freepress Journal Rajiv Gandhi is a FALSE icon Reason 1: When Big tree (Indira Gandhi) falls Earth 'shakes a bit' *and smiles* He explicitly justified the Sikh Genocide which happened aftermath of Indira Gandhi assassination. the 1984 Anti Sikh pogrom and justifying a pogrom that took anything between 8,000 and 20,000 lives across the country over 5 days (October 31 to November 4 in 1984).  If you still don't get the magnitude let me tell you. 2002 riots lasted for three days span with an estimated casualty of 1500-2000 people. (Thi...