Khaki Shorts and Saffron Flags A Critique of the Hindu Right

By:

Tapan Basu

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Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: New Delhi Orient Longman Limited 1993Description: xi,116 p. PB 21x14 cmISBN:

0863113834

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DDC classification:

23 324.254 BASK

Summary: Khaki Shorts And Saffron Flags is a penetrating and meticulously researched critique of the forces of Hindutva. The authors trace the roots of the Hindutva ideology to the politics of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. They discuss the history of the RSS and the Vishwa Hindu parishad, analyse the institutional structures of the organisations, their political language, their attempts at transforming Hinduism, and their strategies of communal mobilisation around the Ram Janambhoomi- Babri Masjid issue.

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Khaki Shorts And Saffron Flags is a penetrating and meticulously researched critique of the forces of Hindutva. The authors trace the roots of the Hindutva ideology to the politics of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. They discuss the history of the RSS and the Vishwa Hindu parishad, analyse the institutional structures of the organisations, their political language, their attempts at transforming Hinduism, and their strategies of communal mobilisation around the Ram Janambhoomi- Babri Masjid issue.

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