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028			_a: Savera Book Distributors _b: 4754, Akarshan Bhawan, 23, Ansari Road, Darya Ganj, New Delhi _c: INV/26-27/0267 _d: 16/06/2026
082			_a332.10 NAR
100			_aNarayan, Badri.
245			_aRepublic of Hindutva _b: how the Sangh is reshaping Indian democracy. _c/ Badri Narayan.
260			_aGurugram _b: Penguin Books _c, 2021.
300			_a259 p. _c: 24cm.
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520			_aThe RSS is like the tip of an iceberg, exerting its influence much beyond what is visible. Beginning with the choice of Narendra Modi as the forerunner for the 2014 general election up to the campaign for the 2019 election, RSS cadres have been a formidable force behind the staggering rise of the BJP in national politics. In this eye-opening, necessary book, Badri Narayan offers an intimate glimpse of how the Sangh and its vast network of educational, cultural and social outfits have been digging deep roots in the Indian psyche. By refashioning its modes of mobilization as well as assimilating Dalits, OBCs, tribals and other marginalized communities, the RSS has made the Hindutva metanarrative appealing to a large section of Indians. During elections, the BJP-instead of wiping out caste from electoral politics-reaps rich political dividends from this social appropriation. Drawing on extensive field research in the heartland of India and interviews with RSS volunteers, Narayan reveals how a new public is being forged at the grassroots, which will determine the course of Indian democracy. Read less
650			_aHindutva
650			_aIndian democracy
650			_aFiction
700			_aBadri Narayan
942			_cBOOK
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