Hindu nationalism is 100 years old. It is said that it was born out of upper caste demographic anxiety in the context of British offer of one man-one-vote to Indians. The colonial act of 1919 gave Indians for the first time (although in a limited way) electoral power to choose their own leaders. Never before did Indians have an...
Democracy, Citizenship and Nationalism in India
The students in India are agitated and are on the roads. Several campuses of higher education have witnessed explosive protests of the students. Along the growing unrest, one can trace high handed state repression of the same. Are there any lessons emerging from this student unrest? What do these protests and resistance movements tell us about Democracy and citizenship...
