Why Women Fear Religious Fundamentalism THE demolition of the Babri Masjid on December 6,1992, and the holocaust that followed, has left more than a trail of blood and broken faith. It has crystallised the deep-rooted structural malaise which has afflicted the Indian politics over the last four and a half decades and made evident the basic socio-economic conflicts over scarce resources. The absence of constructive solutions to such problems of scarcity have led to the present introversion of anger against a section of society, ideologically defined as the 'other'. Indian society now stands at a crossroad, looking through a fractured mirror image of its future, with the polarisation of diametrically opposite world views.