10. The RSS and Politics

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgements xi
4. Copyright Statement xiii
5. PART 1. Introduction: The Invention of an Ethnic Nationalism
6. Introduction. The Invention of an Ethnic Nationalism 3
7. PART 2. The Making and Reshaping of Hindu Nationalist Ideology
8. 1. Swami Dayananda Saraswati 29
9. 2. R.B. Lal Chand 38
10. 3. Har Bilas Sarda 50
11. 4. Madan Mohan Malaviya and Lala Lajpat Rai 61
12. 5. Swami Shraddhananda 77
13. 6. Vinayak Damodar Savarkar 85
14. 7. M.S. Golwalkar 97
15. 8. Deendayal Upadhyaya 139
16. 9. Balraj Madhok 158
17. PART 3. Hindu Nationalist Issues
18. 10. The RSS and Politics 175
19. 11. Jammu & Kashmir 193
20. 12. The National Language 218
21. 13. Conversion and the Arithmetic of Religious Communities 233
22. 14. Reservation and Social Justice 255
23. 15. Education 269
24. 16. Ayodhya, the Babri Masjid, and the Ramjanmabhumi Dispute 279
25. 17. Defence 302
26. 18. Secularism 313
27. 19. The Economy 342
28. 20. The Diaspora and Hindu Nationalism 361
29. Bibliography 370