Not sure if you (or anyone) knows anything about Indian politics at the mo. but the whole thing is a mess with a resurgence of the worst aspects of hindu nationalism in gov.
This has transferred into mainstream culture/ population with a backlash against muslim (but particularly pakistani) actors/ actresses and sports people being treated terribly i.e. boycotting of movies, not letting actors/actresses promote their moviesā¦
A lot of it is translating over to cricket too, with āfansā saying shit like brahmin hero (kholi, high caste hindu) being a ākillerā of muslims (pak/ bangladesh). Terrible stuff.