Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)

The RSS' Plans to Resolve the Muslim Question

The Sangh's most recent outreach to Muslims is part of a history of plans for the “Indianisation” of Muslims by making them more Hindu. The goal of such assimilation is to negate any idea of a…
▶18-Oct-2022
Sanya Dhingra

India: From the World’s Largest Democracy to an Ethnocracy

The principle that Hindus can rule and marginalise others has firmly established itself beyond the BJP and the RSS. This emerging ethnocracy in India draws on electoral victories and legislative…
▶17-Aug-2021
Indrajit Roy

The Revolt of the Upper Castes

The surge of Hindu nationalism in India can be seen as a revolt of the upper castes against the egalitarian demands of democracy. The Hindutva project is a lifeboat for the upper castes in so far as…
▶18-Feb-2020
Jean Drèze