I do not see the ideas I articulated as sufficient to solve the problems we face. And I am also secure in my own beliefs that remain unaffected by the fundamentalist turn. There is no idea that can serve as a magic bullet to resolve the widespread bigotry we see so much of. The provocation for writing this was different - discovering that within my own family and social circle, there are people who I thought were educated and reasonable who subscribe to fundamentalist beliefs. And so many others have echoed this discovery which first began to surface around the time of the Babri Masjid demolition. The attempt to argue with such people made no ground because our universes did not intersect. I then realised we have to meet the other side on their ground - the ground of faith. In the few discussions where I have deployed the kind of argument I wrote here, I have had greater success than when I argued from a viewpoint of secularism, democracy and human rights. Plus, I genuinely believe this fundamentalist term will do damage to religious tradition in the long run. So the thoughts here are both strategy and conviction that can open up some ground at least within one’s limited personal circles, even if larger systemic change remains a dream.