“A good Muslim cannot be a good Indian.” Eminent Indian journalist Arun Shourie said that in an interview he gave to Mani Shankar Aiyer, politician and writer, in Sep 1995. 1995 was a watershed year for the BJP. The influence of the Congress Party had dwindled significantly. The Shiv Sena-BJP coalition came to power in Maharashtra. Gujarat gave the BJP a decisive victory, paving the way for the party’s long-term national rise. Three decades after Shourie questioned the n...