Hindu Nationalism edited by Shyam Khosla & BK Kuthalia
Shree Natraj Prakashan. Pages: 214. Price: Rs. 495/-
Savarkar gave currency to the term Hindutva and today it has become an ideology that seriously challenges India’s secular ethos, even though the proponents of Hindu Rashtra claim to be genuinely secular while condemning the INC and leftist parties as pseudo-secularists. In this collection of fifteen essays different aspects of Hindutva have been examined. Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi advocates the revival of sanskriti as the basis for Indian society. Justice Rama Jois presents eighteen principles of Dharma (way of life) while Francos Gautier visualizes India as 21st century’s superpower. Other issues like terrorism, future of the Hindutva and communalism too have been discussed. For example Trayambaklal U. Mehta asserts on page 105, “…tolerance and understanding are the essential elements of real Hinduism and a chauvinistic as well as aggressive projection of our creed, tradition or religion, however noble and altruistic they may be, have no place in true Hinduism”. Well said, but this does not gel with what has happened in Mangalore recently where women were molested in the name of preserving our hoary traditions. Hinduism is being Talibanized by the lumpen. Hope Messrs Khosla and Kuthalia would come up with an introspective tome next time around.
The Tribune
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