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020			_a9789350023754 _qhbk
041			_aeng
082			_a305.56880954 _bJAL
100			_aJal Murzban
245		0	_aWhy we are not Hindus _c/ Murzban Jal
250			_a1st ed.
260			_bAakar Books _cc2016 _aDelhi.
300			_a144 p, : _c23 cm.
504			_aindex
520			_aIn this book Jal claims that "Hinduism" itself is not something indigenous to India, but a colonial import created by the Western Orientalists and the Indian Brahmanical elites, that the Indian nationalists unwittingly used in their political repertoire, post-1857. According to him, the recent attempts to make secular and democratic India into a mythical and phantasmagorical "Hindu Rashtra" is a sign of economic and cultural subjugation, as well as a sign of rising fascism and the complete destruction of the very idea of India. Indian fascism, so Jal claims, has grown from the terrible seed of caste divided society combined with neo-liberal policies that the Indian elites have been pursuing for the last two decades. Caste, according to him, has to be understood as:
650			_aHinduism and politics; Hinduism and politics; India Hinduism and state
942			_cENGLISH
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