India's Brush with Fascist Theocracy

Among the interesting postings at the University of Chicago Law School's new faculty blog is the item by Martha Nussbaum on the near-disastrous effects of religious extremism on Indian democracy.  Regular readers of Arundhati Roy will be familiar with much of this tale of woe, but it is useful that Professor Nussbaum introduces the topic to an American law readership.  Predictably, an apologist for the Hindu fanatics surfaces in the comments section.

UPDATE:  More commentary from Ruchira Paul.