
Why is it easy to give hate speeches in India?

Hate speech has been a problem in India for decades. In 1990, some mosques in Kashmir broadcast inflammatory speeches to whip up hate against Hindus, triggering their exodus from the Muslim-majority Kashmir Valley. The same year, BJP leader LK Advani spearheaded a movement to construct a temple in the northern town of Ayodhya – leading to Hindu mobs razing the centuries-old Babri mosque and sparking deadly communal riots.