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May 6, 2019 · The populist discourse of the Hindutva movement shows that it appeals not only to those who have lost out from a changing economic and political landscape, but also to those who are concerned about losing their (masculine) privileges.
- Catarina Kinnvall
- 2019
Mar 7, 2024 · In power since 2014, Mr Modi has modernised Hindutva, making it symbolic of India’s national greatness. Alongside this, his party has also pushed many Hindu-nationalist priorities.
May 24, 2019 · Yes, Hindutva dominated the national debate. Yes, Modi ran on Hindutva themes. And, yes, voters responded to them in a way that strengthens the power of Hindutva as a political and social creed.
- Jonah Blank
A series of political developments in India over the past year has focused attention there and abroad on the rising influence of right-wing Hindu nationalists in the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and on BJP Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is sympathetic to their cause.
Jan 29, 2019 · Though Hindu nationalism has thrived on populist sentiments before, Narendra Modi, in particular, embodies and projects this Hindutva populism as political strategy, style, and grammar of leadership (Jaffrelot and Tillin 2017, 185f.).
- Thorsten Alexander Wojczewski
- 2020
Jul 3, 2021 · Its emergence coincides with the rise of Narendra Modi and his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to national power since 2014. However, our survey finds, first, that at the level of mass attitudes, populism and Hindu nationalism are quite distinct phenomena.
Apr 5, 2024 · In “Bunch of Thoughts”, a collection of speeches, M.S. Golwalkar, who led the RSS from 1940 to 1973, elaborated on Savarkar’s ideas in a more populist style. He espoused the idea of Hindu India...
