Fascinating Hindutva : Saffron Politics and Dalit Mobilisation

by Badri Narayan

• ISBN13: 9788178299068
• ISBN10: 8178299062
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-01-06
• Publisher: SAGE Publications Pvt. Ltd
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Summary

In the present socio-political scenario of India, Dalits have emerged as a major force in the electoral arena and mobilising them has almost become a compulsion for all political parties.

Author Biography

Badri Narayan teaches Social History and Cultural Anthropology at the Govind Ballabh Pant Social Science Institute, Jhusi, Allahabad. He is also the In-Charge of the Dalit Resource Centre placed within the Institute's Centre for Power, Culture and Change.

Table of Contents

List of Figures	p. viii
List of Abbreviations	p. ix
Preface	p. xi
Introduction: Pastness and Politics	p. 1
Saffron Imagining of the Local: A Communal Map of an Indian Village	p. 41
Exploring Dalit Militia: Local Cultures and Communal Politics	p. 58
Making of a Warring Hero: Hindutva Politics of Memory and Forgetting	p. 80
Creating Popular Politics: Caste Histories and BJP's Electoral Discourse	p. 101
Legend War: Mapping the Political Mobilisation of the Nishads	p. 116
The Politics of Cultural Resources: The Mushahars of North India	p. 137
Saffronisation of a Dalit Hero: The Story of Salhes of North Bihar	p. 158
The Path Traversed and the Way Ahead	p. 175
Bibliography	p. 184
Index	p. 190
About the Author	p. 195
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