By Achin Vanaik
The definitive research of Hindu nationalism in modern India and the demanding situations for the unconventional Left
With the Hindu nationalist BJP now exchanging the Congress because the basically nationwide political strength, the communalization of the Indian polity has qualitatively complicated because the previous version of this publication in 1997. This variation has been considerably remodeled and up-to-date with a number of new chapters further. Hindutva’s upward thrust necessitates a extra serious tackle mainstream secular claims, satirically bolstered via liberal–left sections researching unique virtues in India’s ‘distinctive’ secularism. The cautious evaluate of the continuing debate on ‘Indian fascism’ has resonances for the wider debate approximately how top to evaluate the hazards of the some distance right’s upward thrust in different liberal democracies. A learn follows of the way Hindutva forces are pursuing their undertaking of building a Hindu Rashtra and the way to thwart them via a much wider transformative fight focusing on capitalism itself.
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