Our Hindu Rashtra

Author : Aakar Patel
Publisher : Penguin Random House India Private Limited
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2022-10-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789354927966

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Our Hindu Rashtra by Aakar Patel Pdf

India has taken so sharp a turn in recent years that the very centre has shifted considerably. What led to this swing? Is it possible to trace the path to this point? Is there a way back to the just, secular, inclusive vision of our Constitution-makers? This country has long been an outlier in its South Asian neighbourhood, with its inclusive Constitution and functioning democracy. The growth of Hindutva, in some sense, brings India in line with the other polities here. In Our Hindu Rashtra, writer and activist Aakar Patel peels back layer after layer of cause and effect through independent India's history to understand how Hindutva came to gain such a hold on the country. He examines what it means for India that its laws and judiciary have been permeated by prejudice and bigotry, what the breach of fundamental rights portends in these circumstances, and what the all-round institutional collapse signifies for the future of Indians. Most importantly, Patel asks and answers that most important of questions: What possibilities exist for a return? Thought-provoking and pulling no punches, this book is an essential read for anyone who wishes to understand the nature of politics in India and, indeed, South Asia.

Author : Ashutosh
Publisher : Context
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2024
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9360452890

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Hindu Rashtra by Ashutosh Pdf

As the Hindutva hardliners continue their clamour for a Hindu Rashtra, is the ideology strong enough to withstand the increasing unrest and discontent of the common Indian? A SEARING EXAMINATION OF THE CHANGES THAT INDIA HAS UNDERGONE SINCE 2014

Author : V.D. SAVARKAR
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Hinduism and state
ISBN : 9390423945

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HINDU RASHTRA DARSHAN. by V.D. SAVARKAR Pdf

Author : Rohit Chopra
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2019-05-15
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9789353029586

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The Virtual Hindu Rashtra by Rohit Chopra Pdf

From websites devoted to battling a 'Left-liberal' media ecosystem to the formidable internet army of Hindu Right volunteers, from online narratives of Hindu valour to Narendra Modi's impeccably-managed social media presence, new media is an integral part of present-day Hindu nationalism.The Virtual Hindu Rashtra examines the relationship of Hindu nationalism and new media across a range of internet spaces, including Twitter trends in support of the Bharatiya Janata Party's government policies, Facebook pages dedicated to the cultural project of establishing a Hindu state, and WhatsApp groups circulating jokes about Modi's critics. Situating online Hindu nationalism in a historical context, this book analyses the movement with respect to national and global political trends, such as the rise of authoritarian political personalities worldwide and the phenomenon of fake news. The book concludes with a reflection on the implications of the relationship of Hindu nationalism and new media for democracy in India.

Author : Arkotong Longkumer
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 411 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2020-12-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781503614239

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The Greater India Experiment by Arkotong Longkumer Pdf

The assertion that even institutions often viewed as abhorrent should be dispassionately understood motivates Arkotong Longkumer's pathbreaking ethnography of the Sangh Parivar, a family of organizations comprising the Hindu right. The Greater India Experiment counters the urge to explain away their ideas and actions as inconsequential by demonstrating their efforts to influence local politics and culture in Northeast India. Longkumer constructs a comprehensive understanding of Hindutva, an idea central to the establishment of a Hindu nation-state, by focusing on the Sangh Parivar's engagement with indigenous peoples in a region that has long resisted the "idea of India." Contextualizing their activities as a Hindutva "experiment" within the broader Indian political and cultural landscape, he ultimately paints a unique picture of the country today.

Author : Achin Vanaik
Publisher : Verso Books
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2017-05-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781786630742

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The Rise of Hindu Authoritarianism by Achin Vanaik Pdf

The definitive analysis of Hindu nationalism in contemporary India and the challenges for the radical Left With the Hindu nationalist BJP now replacing the Congress as the only national political force, the communalization of the Indian polity has qualitatively advanced since the earlier edition of this book in 1997. This edition has been substantially reworked and updated with several new chapters added. Hindutva’s rise necessitates a more critical take on mainstream secular claims, ironically reinforced by liberal–left sections discovering special virtues in India’s ‘distinctive’ secularism. The careful evaluation of the ongoing debate on ‘Indian fascism’ has resonances for the broader debate about how best to assess the dangers of the far right’s rise in other liberal democracies. A study follows of how Hindutva forces are pursuing their project of establishing a Hindu Rashtra and how to thwart them through a wider transformative struggle targeting capitalism itself.

Author : Bhanwar Meghwanshi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2022-03-31
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 8194865492

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I Could Not Be Hindu: by Bhanwar Meghwanshi Pdf

In 1987, a thirteen-year-old in Rajasthan joins the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. Despite his untouchable status, he rises through the ranks. He hates Muslims. He joins the karsevaks to Ayodhya. He is ready to die for the Hindu Rashtra. And yet he remains a lesser Hindu. In this explosive memoir, Bhanwar Meghwanshi tells us what it meant to be an untouchable in the RSS. And what it means to become Dalit.

Author : Christophe Jaffrelot
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 656 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2023-04-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9780691247908

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Modi's India by Christophe Jaffrelot Pdf

A riveting account of how a popularly elected leader has steered the world's largest democracy toward authoritarianism and intolerance Over the past two decades, thanks to Narendra Modi, Hindu nationalism has been coupled with a form of national-populism that has ensured its success at the polls, first in Gujarat and then in India at large. Modi managed to seduce a substantial number of citizens by promising them development and polarizing the electorate along ethno-religious lines. Both facets of this national-populism found expression in a highly personalized political style as Modi related directly to the voters through all kinds of channels of communication in order to saturate the public space. Drawing on original interviews conducted across India, Christophe Jaffrelot shows how Modi's government has moved India toward a new form of democracy, an ethnic democracy that equates the majoritarian community with the nation and relegates Muslims and Christians to second-class citizens who are harassed by vigilante groups. He discusses how the promotion of Hindu nationalism has resulted in attacks against secularists, intellectuals, universities, and NGOs. Jaffrelot explains how the political system of India has acquired authoritarian features for other reasons, too. Eager to govern not only in New Delhi, but also in the states, the government has centralized power at the expense of federalism and undermined institutions that were part of the checks and balances, including India's Supreme Court. Modi's India is a sobering account of how a once-vibrant democracy can go wrong when a government backed by popular consent suppresses dissent while growing increasingly intolerant of ethnic and religious minorities.

Author : Taylor & Francis Group
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2021-11-22
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0367486741

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Routledge Handbook of Autocratization in South Asia by Taylor & Francis Group Pdf

Author : Anand Ranganathan,Chitra Subramaniam
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2019-11-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9789389000184

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The Rat Eater by Anand Ranganathan,Chitra Subramaniam Pdf

'I was born on a bloody road. The blood was my mother's. My sisters couldn't find a midwife in time. There was no way my mother could get relief from the upper-caste well, and so they tell me, that my sisters ran to some puddles to fill their little mouths up and then ran back to where my mother was almost dying of pain and then spat out some water on her face and the rest down below on mine. That is how I came into this world.' Someone is disposing of politicians one by one. And the murderer has borrowed from the genius of Agatha Christie. When a local Mumbai politician is found wrapped in a plastic bag behind a park bench, the dashing and capable DIG Ajay Biswas is told to take over the case. Ajay arrives in Mumbai along with his wife Aparajita and soon discovers he is being misled by his Mumbai compatriots who are determined to save their own skin. Someone is deliberately providing false leads; his presence is not wanted. While in Mumbai, Ajay and Aparajita meet up with their old college friend Akhil Sukumar. Akhil and Aparajita have had a tortuous history, and it appears that the one-time lovers now want nothing more than to let bygones be bygones. Easier said. From the barren lands of rural India to the immaculate lawns of Cambridge, The Rat Eater is a book whose uninhibitedness may offend purists as it lays bare a few uncomfortable truths about India-a country entangled in a web of caste, corruption and cover-ups. The privileged flourish at the cost of the oppressed. The price has to be paid, and someone has decided that it needs to be paid in blood.

Author : Angana P. Chatterji,Thomas Blom Hansen,Christophe Jaffrelot
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 551 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2019-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780190078171

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Majoritarian State by Angana P. Chatterji,Thomas Blom Hansen,Christophe Jaffrelot Pdf

Majoritarian State traces the ascendance of Hindu nationalism in contemporary India. Led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the BJP administration has established an ethno-religious and populist style of rule since 2014. Its agenda is also pursued beyond the formal branches of government, as the new dispensation portrays conventional social hierarchies as intrinsic to Indian culture while condoning communal and caste- and gender-based violence. The contributors explore how Hindutva ideology has permeated the state apparatus and formal institutions, and how Hindutva activists exert control over civil society via vigilante groups, cultural policing and violence. Groups and regions portrayed as 'enemies' of the Indian state are the losers in a new order promoting the interests of the urban middle class and business elites. As this majoritarian ideology pervades the media and public discourse, it also affects the judiciary, universities and cultural institutions, increasingly captured by Hindu nationalists. Dissent and difference silenced and debate increasingly sidelined as the press is muzzled or intimidated in the courts. Internationally, the BJP government has emphasised hard power and a fast- expanding security state. This collection of essays offers rich empirical analysis and documentation to investigate the causes and consequences of the illiberal turn taken by the world's largest democracy.

Author : Wendy Doniger
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 681 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2014-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199360079

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On Hinduism by Wendy Doniger Pdf

On Hinduism is a penetrating analysis of many of the most crucial and contested issues in Hinduism, from the Vedas to the present day. In a series of 63 connected essays, it discusses Hindu concepts of polytheism, death, gender, art, contemporary puritanism, non-violence, and much more.

Author : Āśutosha
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Hinduism and politics
ISBN : 9387894827

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Hindu Rashtra by Āśutosha Pdf

Author : Swami Vivekananda,Vivekananda Kendra
Publisher : Vivekananda Kendra
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1963-01-12
Category : Hinduism and culture
ISBN : 9788189248109

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Swami Vivekananda's Rousing Call to Hindu Nation by Swami Vivekananda,Vivekananda Kendra Pdf

Eknathji Ranade has compile @200pages book from Swami Vivekananda's Complete works on occasion of the Birth Centenary of Swami Vivekananda and this book is release on 12th January 1963. This book is translated in more than 13 Indian Language.

Author : Manjari Katju
Publisher : Orient Blackswan
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 812502476X

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Vishva Hindu Parishad and Indian Politics by Manjari Katju Pdf

Vishva Hindu Parishad and Indian Politics provides a detailed historical account of the VHP, one of the leading organisations in the Hindutva movement, focusing on its transformation from a loosely-knit body of Hindus aimed at preserving and promoting Hindu dharma, into a mass organisation actively involved in mobilising the urban middle classes, service professionals and religious leaders for the creation and promotion of a strong Hindu nation. Rich in empirical data, the book contains extensive quotations from fifty interviews carried out for this study, including those with central figures in the VHP such as Praveen Togadia and Ashok Singhal and members of related organisations.