Srinagar, March 22 -- Ms Ardern's exemplary words and actions after a terrorist shot dead 50 Muslims in two mosques in Christchurch unequivocally signals that New Zealand, a country of about five million people, is pluralistic, and that it will ferociously push back against the ideological infrastructure which nourishes majoritarian visions. Ms Ardern could have chosen to express shock, horror and stop at condemning the terror attack. But she went way beyond. Her first response, even before all the details were known, leaped out to millions across the world. She said: "They have chosen to make this their home. They are us."
By this simple statement, Ms Ardern had bridged the "us and them" divide that stalks natives and those of immigrant s...