Gandhi in 1948 out of devotion to Hindutva ideology. From New York Times “When was the last time he acted as a prime minister? There have been so many instances where he has just behaved either as a BJP leader or as a Hindutva mascot, seldom as the prime minister of India,” Salam...
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Define Hindutva. Hindutva synonyms, Hindutva pronunciation, Hindutva translation, English dictionary definition of Hindutva. n 1. a political movement advocating Hindu nationalism and the establishment of a Hindu state 2. a political movement advocating
Marxism, socialism, communism, imperialism and capitalism but the Hindus have no such ‘ism’. Hindus follow the continuum process of evolution; for the Hindus do not have any unidirectional ideology, therefore, in Hindu Dharma there is no place for any ‘ism’. They point out that ‘Hinduism...
” (Bharatais theSanskritname—Bharatin Hindi—for the Indian subcontinent, andvarshameans “country” in Sanskrit.) This concept grew to become a main tenet of Hindu nationalistideologyand the groups that were developed topromulgatethatideology, such as theRashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh(RSS), a ...
The essay focuses on the structure and ideology of the Hindutva movement in the UK, tracing its origins to the patterns of indenture and early migration to east Africa, and looks at the impact of the Hindutva movement in the reorganization of youth and religious communities in the UK.doi:...
Even though the Left Front, comprising the two communist parties, the CPI(M) and CPI, and a couple of other locally relevant political platforms, was constituted around a secular political ideology based on class mobilization — of workers and peasants — the reality is that the CPI(M), ...
Religion, politics, and the Hinduism/Hindutva debate (review of Why I am a Hindu by Shashi Tharoor and the Ideology of India's Modern Right by Subramanian ... A protean notion around the conceptualization of Hindutva and Hinduism has long been a matter of debate among scholars interested in...
Breivik seems to be a fan of Daily Times columnist Razi Azmi, whom he calls “one of the more sensible columnists of Pakistan”. He mentions one of Azmi’s pieces where the columnist asks whether it was possible to imagine a Muslim converting to Christianity or Hinduism or Buddhism in a ...
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is seeking a second term as Prime Minister pf India in this year's general election. Some believe that his divisive policies and hatefulrhetoric against Pakistanand Indian Muslims are designed to solidify the support of his Hindu Nationalist base. Will he succeed...