Bibliograph

The greater India experiment, Hindutva and the northeast, Arkotong Longkumer

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The greater India experiment, Hindutva and the northeast, Arkotong Longkumer

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The greater India experiment

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Arkotong Longkumer

Series statement

South Asia in motion

Sub title

Hindutva and the northeast

Summary

The assertion that even institutions often viewed as abhorrent should be dispassionately understood motivates Arkotong Longkumer's path breaking ethnography of the Sangh Parivar, a family of organizations comprising the Hindu right. The Greater India Experiment counters the urge to explain away their ideas and actions as inconsequential by demonstrating their efforts to influence local politics and culture in Northeast India. Longkumer constructs a comprehensive understanding of Hindutva, an idea central to the establishment of a Hindu nation-state, by focusing on the Sangh Parivar's engagement with indigenous peoples in a region that has long resisted the "idea of India." Contextualizing their activities as a Hindutva "experiment" within the broader Indian political and cultural landscape, he ultimately paints a unique picture of the country today

Target audience

adult

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