TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rahul Bhatia
TI  - IDENTITY PROJECT: : Unmaking of democracy
SN  - 9789360458195
U1  - 320.954 
PY  - 2024///
CY  - Chennai
PB  - Westland Books
KW  - Social sciences
KW  - Political Science
KW  - Political situation and conditions
KW  - Asia
KW  - Indian Subcontinent
KW  - Hindu Nationalism
KW  - Sectarianism
KW  - Majoritarianism
N1  - About the Book: The Identity Project: The Unmaking of a Democracy An investigation into the devastating Delhi riots of 2020 and the stories of betrayal and abandonment in their aftermath leads Rahul Bhatia to probe the history and spread of Hindu nationalism, to understand 'where the poison comes from, in the words of a survivor. From the emergence of Dayanand Saraswati and the Arya Samaj in the 1800s to the early twentieth century, when the first advocates of Hindu nationalism drew lessons from European strongmen, Bhatia traces the evolution of a fundamentalist ideology that silently took root and shaped India itself. His investigation throws startling new light
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