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MonkeyClubyesterday at 10:00 PM4 repliesview on HN

> this isn't even remotely "nationalist"

Yep, I'm with you, I agree that the underlying power plays are fully harmonious with global (and globalist) trends.

With "nationalist" I was referring to the BJP's "hindutva" ideology, which is essentially a nation-centric ideology of "India for Hindus" (minorities and non-upper-caste/non-brahmanic forms of Hinduism be damned).


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abhiyerratoday at 1:45 AM

  1. Modi is considered Other Backward Class which is a low caste. 
  2. Hindutva ideology according to Savarkar, who came up with the term, is that Hindu is a national identity not a religious one. Sindu became Hindu in Persian, and Indus in Greek. And the Sindu was a river. So the Hindutva ideology is in reference to the people on the other side of the Sindu river. This is why Hindutva literally translates to Hinduness. I understand that this doesn't always translate into religious tolerance of Muslims (yes, I say specifically Muslims) but that is because the RSS was formed to counter attacks on Hindus by Muslims in the 1920s. Hedgewar (Founder of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh): A Definitive Biography by Sachin Nandha was a super informative deep dive into the BJP/RSS.
  3. Modi has a 70%+ approval rate even after more than 10 years in power. So his government is popular and the results of the BJP's power are hard to ignore in terms of the infrastructure and India now being the 4th largest economy.
Speaking specifically to this law I think the government is just setting up a back doors of sorts with the recent bomb attack in Delhi and the terror networks founds in India.
profsummergigyesterday at 10:45 PM

An ugly truth, one that must never be spoken too loudly, is that most of the people designated "lower castes" by the "upper caste" Hindus, and others designated "tribals" (adivasis), follow a variety of ancient pagan personal "religions" (belief systems) that are "Hindu" in name only. They don't actually consider themselves "Brahminical Hindus", and are forced to identify (by the "Brahminical Hindus") as Hindu because that's the only choice available to them, in census forms, etc.

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rramadasstoday at 5:51 AM

The last para of your comment is inflammatory, biased, agenda driven and totally irrelevant to the topic under discussion.

I note that you are posting under an anonymous id.

mike50today at 2:35 AM

Hindu Nationalist