NEW DELHI, Feb. 3 -- On January 28, 2025, a well-known Calcutta daily carried an article entitled "Rub your eyes: Hindu Rashtra Constitution to be unveiled at Mahakumbh on Basant Panchami." The seemingly innocuous inside-page article speaks volumes of the insidious plans being made, particularly of the calculated attempts to decimate the secular character of the nation and, ultimately, the sanctity of the Constitution of India.

The news item highlights that a 501-page document prepared by a 25-member committee of 'scholars' draws inspiration from the Ramayana, the rules and teachings of Krishna, Manusmriti and Chanakya's Arthashastra. The so-called 'Constitution' based on the Hindutva ideology, is expected to be unveiled at the Mahakumbh...