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Jul 3, 2021 · Those who can be called populists are not Hindu nationalists and vice versa. This finding, second, also leads to our argument that while right-wing populism has emerged in India as a leadership discourse, it is still to take roots at the level of popular attitudes.
- Ashutosh Varshney, Srikrishna Ayyangar, Siddharth Swaminathan
- 2021
Aug 10, 2021 · Abstract. Political Theory has traditionally been concerned with promoting a better understanding of society through the critical examination of ideas and concepts such as freedom, equality,...
Jun 29, 2021 · In a country with 22 official languages and dozens of others, a slim majority (56%) say being able to speak Hindi is very important to being truly Indian. And a similar share of Indian adults (57%), including 64% of Hindus, say being Hindu is very important to being truly Indian.
Jul 20, 2021 · These beliefs about Hindu nationalism are strongly reflected in political behavior. Roughly half of Hindus who say they voted in the 2019 election say they voted for the ruling BJP (49%), but support for the BJP is considerably higher among those who say both being Hindu and speaking Hindi are very important to be truly Indian.
Sep 26, 2021 · Although there has been a plethora of scholarship on Hindu nationalism, Hindu populism is mostly studied as an auxiliary component of Hindu nationalism or of the broader rightwing 1 populist movement that has taken the world by storm during the last decade.
- Raja M. Ali Saleem
- 2021
May 15, 2022 · The article reviews the textbook politics between 1998 and 2020, focusing in particular on how the present BJP-led government has appointed Hindutva-minded scholars to lead education institutions underpinning the message of India being a Hindu nation.
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