The Hindu Nationalist Movement and Indian Politics: 1925 to the 1990s : Strategies of Identity-building, Implantation and Mobilisation (with Special Reference to Central India)The violent campaign to erect a temple to Lord Ram on a site occupied by a mosque in the north Indian city of Ayodhya is only the latest manifestation of extreme Hindu nationalism. Hindu chauvinists argue that India's Hindu heritage was usurped by the secular idealism of the Nehru dynasty and their pandering to the interests of minorities, above all the 120 million Muslims. In the 1991 general election the Bharatiya Janata party (BJP), the principal political vehicle for Hindu militancy, won some notable victories and became the largest opposition party in parliament. |
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... sadhus who had set up ashrams in the region . He commented : ' All the sadhus and sants are working for the VHP . If they are not enrolled as members , they give lectures and they participate in all the activities of the VHP ...
... sadhus who had set up ashrams in the region . He commented : ' All the sadhus and sants are working for the VHP . If they are not enrolled as members , they give lectures and they participate in all the activities of the VHP ...
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... sadhus had played in the Ramjanmabhoomi movement from 1984 onwards and their par- ticipation in the demolition of the mosque : I would like to repeat that the call for kar sevaks was given by them [ sadhus ] and not given by the Vishva ...
... sadhus had played in the Ramjanmabhoomi movement from 1984 onwards and their par- ticipation in the demolition of the mosque : I would like to repeat that the call for kar sevaks was given by them [ sadhus ] and not given by the Vishva ...
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... sadhus from working with the VHP . A number of sadhus were concerned that their religious institutions might have to forfeit some of their property were they to be associated with a banned organisation . The BJP govern- ment of Uttar ...
... sadhus from working with the VHP . A number of sadhus were concerned that their religious institutions might have to forfeit some of their property were they to be associated with a banned organisation . The BJP govern- ment of Uttar ...
Contents
THREE HINDU NATIONALIST STRATEGIES | 11 |
A special kind of racism | 50 |
The primacy of social organism | 58 |
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