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037			_cPurchased _nIPD Alternatives, 44, Ground Floor, Shahpur Jat, Newdelhi. (Kriti International Book Fest 2020)
041			_aEnglish
082			_a954.04 _bRAO/DE
100			_aRaosaheb Kasbe
245			_aDECODING THE RSS : Its Tradition and Politics _c/Edited by Vinutha Mallya ; Translated From the Marathi by Deepak Borgave
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260			_aNew Delhi _bLeft Word Books _c2019/01/01
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500			_aThe RSS can't stand this book. When it was first published in Marathi, RSS cadres made a public bonfire of it in Pune. Raosaheb Kasbe presents an incisive critique of M.S. Golwalkar's Bunch of Thoughts, the main ideological treatise of the RSS. Kasbe traces the historical roots of cultural nationalism as outlined by Golwalkar, and exposes its authoritarianism. His study of the functioning of the RSS reveals its communal blueprint, its anti-modern views and anti-democratic objectives. Kasbe challenges the RSS on its own turf - its interpretation of Hinduism. Through a rigorous critique of Golwalkar's text and careful analysis of ancient texts, Kasbe shows how the RSS version of Hinduism is unapologetically casteist and deeply patriarchal. Four decades and seven editions after its first publication, Kasbe's zestful polemic is finally available for the first time in English, with an Introduction by scholar and activist Shamsul Islam.
500			_a Translated from Marathi. Translation of: Jhota.
650			_aIndian History.
650			_aHindu Politics.
650			_a Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sangh -- History
650			_aHindutva.
650			_aHinduism and politics - India.
650			_aIndia - Politics and government.
700			_aDeepak Borgave (tr.) _aVinutha Mallya (ed.)
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