In an interview to discuss the sort of campaign waged by the BJP in Maharashtra and Jharkhand, where conscious and deliberate attempts were made in speeches and advertisements to demonize and vilify the Muslim community, one of the country’s best known bloggers and a widely read author of short stories, Avay Shukla, has said “We’ve become a Muslim-hating country” and India faces “an existential crisis”. Mr. Shukla says: “We are creating the grounds for an explosion”. He adds: “I despair for my children, I despair for my country, I don’t see any ray of hope”.