'Old' RSS through a 'new' lens

Book review of Republic of Hindutva: How the Sangh is Reshaping Indian Democracy

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Hindutva | Bharatiya Janata Party | Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh

Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay 

In 1987, when former US State Department official Walter Andersen co-authored a seminal book with Shridhar Damle titled The Brotherhood in Saffron, few practitioners of Indian politics and its analyses gave much thought to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and its affiliates.

The book stood apart from hagiographic biographies and all-endorsing essays written by either “insiders” or people within the Hindu nationalistic ecosystem. During those year, non-supporters viewed the RSS with suspicion for its leaders’ alleged role in Mahatma Gandhi's assassination or ...

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First Published: Tue, June 01 2021. 23:32 IST
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