Hindutva's Second Coming

HINDUTVA'S Second Coming It is a disturbing scenario when the biggest democracy in the world seems to have taken a '[Q]uantum Jump In Wrong Direction Since 2014' (Amartya Sen) - prompting even the normally reticent community of scientists to ask people to reject the politics which '.[d]ivides us, creates fears, and marginalises a large fraction of our society' and remind them that "[Diversity is our democracy's greatest strength; discrimination and non-inclusivity strike at its very foundation.' Whether there would be further normalisation of majoritianism or ordinary people's desire to live a more inclusive, egalitarian life and in a less toxic world would ultimately triumph the designs of the hatemongers and secondly, whether free run being given to the crony capitalists and moneybags would be over and ideas of redistribution would make a comeback with vengeance. Subhash Gatade (born 1957) is a left activist, writer and translator. He has done M Tech (Mech Engg 1981) from BHU-IT, Varanasi. His recent publications include Modinama: On Caste, Cows and the Manusmriti (Leftword, 2019), Charvak ke Vaaris (Authors Pride, Hindi, 2018), Ambedkar ani Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (Sugava, Marathi, 2016), Beesavi Sadi Mem Ambedkar ka Sawal (Dakhal, Hindi, 2014), Godse ki Aiilad (Pharos, Urdu, 2013), Godse's Children - Hindutva Terror in India (Pharos, 2011), The Saffron Condition (Three Essays, 2011) He also occasionally writes for children. Pahad Se Uncha Aadmi (NCERT, Hindi, 2010) Click here to read the Book Review: https://countercurrents.org/2019/05/02/democracy-as-majoritarianism/ https://indianculturalforum.in/2019/04/29/democracy-as-majoritarianism/ Contents Dedication Preface Section I 1. India: The Road Less Travelled by 2. Time to Militarise Hindus, Hinduise the Nation 3. South Asia: Forward March of Majoritarianism 4. Dear Hitler Section II 5. Veer of a different Kind 6. Can the Real Shyamaprasad Mukherjee Ever Stand Up? 7. Godse: In Love with the Assasin 8. Deendayal Upadhyay: BJP’s “Gandhi” 9. Many Silences of Mr Mohan Bhagwat Section III 10. Hindutva’s Second Coming Appendix IV Nehru, Ambedkar and Challenge of Majoritarianism Index