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The Cultural Logic of Hindutva
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The Cultural Logic of Hindutva

Saumya Dey- April 26, 2018

Let me propose that Hindutva, when treated as the totality of the ideas of Savarkar, Guru Golwalkar and Pandit Upadhyaya, is an ethical continuum that ... Read More

Savarkar and Modi, beginning and end of Hindutva
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Savarkar and Modi, beginning and end of Hindutva

Koenraad Elst- June 2, 2015

Why did Narendra Modi not enumerate Savarkar, as the coiner of the political category Hindutva, among his political role models. Read More

Was Guru Golwalkar a Nazi ?
Archives, Identity (Distortion & Appropriation)

Was Guru Golwalkar a Nazi ?

Koenraad Elst- November 11, 2014

Guruji's first book It is routinely alleged in press articles and even in scholarly publications that Madhav Sadashiv Golwalkar, second sarsanghchalak ("chief guide of the ... Read More

Lessons for Comrade Yechury
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Lessons for Comrade Yechury

Poulasta Chakraborthy- September 26, 2014

An op-ed penned by CPM’s Rajya Sabha MP Sitaram Yechury which appeared in the Hindustan Times on September 23 2014 echoes the same allegation mentioned in a previous report also from ... Read More