... and a liberal, pluralist democracy while reforming the Indian economy. And, although informed by Hindutva, the Vajpayee-led government ¹ adopted a moderate approach, articulating a redefinition of secularism ² rather than abandoning this constitutional tenet of the Indian polity...

... discourse of civilization. In combination with the other five cultural properties nominated since 2000 that are associated with Hinduism, Dholavira ‘testifies’ to kingdoms now celebrated by the Hindutva movement, and, in so doing, actively helps cement the connection between the religion...

.../standard_publication_model ) Examining India's civilizational arguments in south Asia, this article argues that while there is no official corroboration of the Hindutva ideology in India's foreign policy, its increasing domestic salience is raising anxieties among south Asian countries over India's cultural hegemony...

... foreign policy and rising India's future direction is likely to remain both predictable and moderate. India foreign policy Modi Hindutva partnerships status The advent of Narendra Modi to the Indian premiership aroused considerable expectations about India's place in world politics. In the closing...

... political process, implicated in the production and perpetuation of inequalities. Nation Branding India Postcolonial Criticism Hindutva Neoliberalism Tourism and Media Neoliberal globalization has attempted to naturalize and depoliticize the logic of the market. While the history of postcolonial...

... the Nehruvian consensus on secularism had been severely shaken by the rise of the Hindu nationalists—the Supreme Court, in the controversial ‘Hindutva’ ruling, conflated an inclusivist discourse on Hinduism, with the exclusivist version of Hinduism propounded by Hindu nationalists. Though the Hindutva judgment...

... of religion in election propaganda, with the notable exception of the Hindutva rulings. But even in the Hindutva rulings, a notion of the context in which the appeal to religion was being made was introduced. This allows the Court to decide when an electoral appeal is religious or not. Election Commission...

...This chapter explores how the politics of Hinduism has played itself out in cyberspace and how Hinduism itself gradually merged into Hindutva politics. It considers the Indian diaspora in the United States, where nearly 1.7 million Indians, most of them Hindus, reside. It then discusses the state...

... positions he took as a champion of the beleaguered Hindu community, an anticaste progressive, an erudite if polemical historian, a pioneering advocate for women's dignity, and a patriotic poet. This critical examination of Savarkar's thought shows that Hindutva is as much about the aesthetic experiences...

... theory internal subversion orientalism tradition cultural essentialism Gandhi M K Golwalkar Madhev Sadashiv Hindutva Who Is a Hindu? Savarkar Jones William Nehru Jawaharlal Ṛg Veda Savarkar V D Vedic period von Schlegel Friedrich Babri Masjid mosque Brahmanical Hindu traditions Gujarat...

.... The first assumption is that the discourse of nationalism starts with colonialism, the second assumption is that partitions have had defining impact on nationalist thought in India. nationalism Dalit nationalism ethnic nationalism ethnonationalism Hindu nationalism or Hindutva Nehruvian secular...

... threat ULFA foreigners Assamese ethnicity Hindutva Congress On 24 April 2005 Chiring Chapori Yuva Manch, a non-governmental youth organization in Dibrugarh district of Assam, launched a campaign. It circulated leaflets and sent text messages throughout the state warning Bangladeshi nationals...

... against the Hindus of India. This chapter investigates the context and timing for the inclusion of Bangladeshi migrants by the Sangh Parivar into their Hindutva agenda. The interviews in Delhi with the influential leaders from the BJP, Congress, RSS, and VHP and notable civil society members provide...

... Terrorism Polygamy Quran Talaq Frontier Gandhi Kashmir Old Testament Prophet Quran Muslims Karbala Gandhi Hindutva Islamophobia Gujarat The two defining political features of the last century were the two World Wars, and the end of European colonial rule over much of Asia and Africa. The world...

...The Bharatiya Janata Party has followed a linear trajectory from A.B. Vajpayee’s moderation strategy in the 1980s to L.K. Advani’s more militant version of Hindutva politics in the 1990s and N. Modi’s polarisation techniques. The defense of the social status quo has been sub-text...

... of the caste system. Srinivas conceived it as a unifying principle that would ensure the integration of diverse castes and communities under Hindu civilization, built on Brahminical culture. In this sense, Sanskritization seems to share a common ideology with Hindutva as both concepts view Indian civilisation...

... forces. Mughal Empire British Raj imperial state Khalistan Naxalites Red Corridor Seven Sisters Kashmir Hindutva The other Big Three country is India, estimated to have surpassed China to become the world’s most populous nation sometime during 2023. No one doubts the fragility...

..., forcing them to chant Hindutva slogans! No, he didn’t want to stay at this madrasa, but he was too scared to even think of running away. Where to? All that he had was a hundred rupee note, a bag full of clothes, and a diary tucked in between his clothes. curfew Dilli goondas Hazrat Bal Jammu...

...This chapter charts the initial development of Hindu nationalism overseas from the 1940s, first in East Africa. This was made possible through coordination from India and proactive migrants. A variety of local circumstances in East Africa were favourable to the growth of diasporic Hindutva...

... of the long diasporic development of Hindu nationalism. It engaged a wide range of global Hindutva leaders and gurus, and developed the organizational skills of dedicated local organizers. They would continue to be key figures in UK Hindu nationalism in subsequent years. The chapter also explores the global...