Be it Salman Rushdie, AK Ramanujan or any other author who has upheld the sanctity of progressive thought through their writings, no one has ever been lauded, rather, accepted for their works. The religio-political stance of the likes of Rushdie and Ramanujan has always challenged the deeply entrenched stereotypes and conventionalities of religion and has subsequently been viewed through the narrow lens of the so-called modern society. The lethal attacks on Rushdie and the removal of Ramanujan’s essay from the syllabus of one of the top universities of the country have been proofs that if rationality and wisdom find a voice, they are surrounded by the cacophonies of irrationality and fanaticism to drown that voice out.