Dr Parakala Prabhakar is a leading political economist and social critic. He makes it crystal clear in his book 'The Crooked Timber Of New India' that he finds it his duty as a citizen of India to point out the wrongs committed by the Modi regime. In this interview with Mathrubhumi, Dr Parakala explains why he considers the Hindutva forces as fundamentally antithetic to the Indian republic: ''The poison of communalism has gone deeper into the different layers of the polity. Only dedicated, unselfish hard work at the grassroot level can save the nation from this crisis.''