India, Oct. 6 -- What I normally write sinks without a trace or, to be precise, is quickly trashed and forgotten. But a recent essay on the existential threat to the nation posed by Mohan Bhagwat and his burgeoning army of bigots was read, an assumption I make on the basis that it figured briefly in The Wire's 'most read' section and provoked a flurry of comments from friends and foes alike, which I shall parse along the way. If nothing else, the fact that it was noticed and commented on is definitive evidence that people recognise in the Sangh Parivar the most formidable socio-political force that will determine the kind of nation we will be. And it is up to no good!

Let's first recapitulate my main argument in the piece titled "The Wol...