Across the three regions of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh, it is difficult to find people who are not unhappy with the post-August 2019 regime. Those bitterly disillusioned include the Buddhists of eastern Ladakh and large sections of Jammu Hindus.

Netaji had visited Manipur briefly, just before the INA’s retreat from Indian soil began. But Netaji didn’t come to the Imphal valley; he came to southern Manipur, a place called Churachandpur.

The Supreme Court in a 1995 judgement, blithely conflated ‘Hinduism’ and ‘Hindutva’. What's more, it was drawing on a 1966 judgement that concluded that Hinduism “may broadly be described as a way of life” rather than a religion per se.