Hyderabad, Feb. 12 -- Over the last 11-odd years, ever since the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) came to power at the Centre, there have been lynchings of minorities from across the country. Many may not remember, but one of the first such incidents took place in Pune, where a man, Mohsin, was lynched within days of the BJP winning the 2014 Lok Sabha polls. There was an indication of what was coming, but many of us still held on to the belief that it was not the norm but an anomaly.

However, we couldn't have been more wrong. In the time since, countless people, especially Muslims and Dalits, have lost their lives to mob violence, while others have been badly thrashed - all by right-wing Hindutva mobs. So when one person finally decided to s...