Politics

&lt;p id=&quot;p_1&quot;&gt;What is it about Mondays and the Shiv Sena? Last Monday, they targeted a book release function; yesterday, it was the BCCI office. The difference is that they had plenty of good company this time: a group calling itself Hindu Sena targeted a J&amp;amp;K MLA for holding a beef party and in Bengaluru, an Aussie couple was harassed over a tattoo.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p id=&quot;p_2&quot;&gt;Last night we got some more depressing news: Wasim Akram and Shoaib Akhtar will leave India and have to give up their commentary duties. It seems every Pakistani is now persona non grata in Mumbai: six months ago, the same Akram was bowling coach of the Kolkata Knight Riders when they played in Mumbai.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p id=&quot;p_3&quot;&gt;What's changed? Has the political temperature suddenly changed or the air simply become more toxic? Or is there no fear of the law? You tell me friends. Here is my video blog:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p id=&quot;p_4&quot;&gt;&lt;iframe src=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/embed/956euu_mWpQ&quot; width=&quot;690&quot; height=&quot;500&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; allowfullscreen=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

Worrying how extremists are taking law into their own hands

Has the political temperature suddenly changed or the air simply become more toxic?