The recent violence in the English city of Leicester, where a large number of south Asians live has come as a surprise and shock not just to locals but also the British establishment. Diaspora communities in other countries such as Australia, Canada and the US have been seeing growing aggressiveness of some section of south Asians.“Tensions had been rising in Leicester for some time” says Rohit K. Dasgupta, a lecturer in the University of Glasgow and also a Labour councillor in Newham borough in London in this podcast discussion with Sidharth Bhatia.“Social media disinformation too played a big role in the violence,” Dasgupta says.Dasgupta, who has researched on various aspects of South Asia, says South Asian politics is being reflected among the diaspora.“In the London mayoral elections, the BJP’s local units were propagating that Labour was anti-Hindu.”The High Commission’s statement after the Leicester violence where it focused on alleged vandalism of Hindu temples was hurtful, he says.According to him, the British establishment just does not “understand Hindutva extremism.” The government is “going down the wrong path on immigration. You know there is a problem when the Home Secretary (Suella Braverman) speaks against multiculturalism,” he adds.