Hindutva, the Emergence of the Right

agricultural alliance aspirations attacks became bhakti Bombay brahminism BT's capital capitalist challenge changes claim clans colonial communist Congress Party consciousness constituency context critical critique cultural dalits decline diverse dominant caste elites elections electoral elite Marathas emerged exploitation external forces Gupta hegemonic appropriation hegemony Hindu nation Hinduism hindutva homogenization identity ideology increasing India Indian tradition Indira Gandhi industrial institutions internal Janata Party jatis kshatriya kulaks kunbi leaders legitimacy legitimation Lele lineage Maharashtra Maratha Maratha elite ment middle class militant mobilization movement Muslim Nehru oppression peasant pedagogic violence political economy political parties popular population populist privileged produced ratha yatra regime regions rich and middle riots rituals Sangh sangh parivar savarna sector secular Sena's seventies shakhas Shiv Sena Shivaji social order social relations society South Indians strategy struggles subaltern classes surplus symbols Thapar tion transformation tribal urban Vakataka Varkari vatan village workers