Business Standard. August 15, 2014
PM as pilgrim - or Indianness redefined
What we are witnessing is not just Hindu rituals in the public sphere but their use as mere instruments to create a predominantly Hindutva public sphere that marginalises others
by Bharat Bhushan
To understand the political change in India only in terms of a Congress-led government being replaced by a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) one, would be to ignore the paradigm shift that is taking place. Several seemingly innocuous incidents suggest that the BJP and its parent organisation, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), are trying to change the meaning of being Indian.
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