Hindu Nationalism: From genesis to present ruling dispensation
By News Desk| Updated: 15th February 2021 9:31 am IST
By Ram Puniyani
As per the Indian Constitution, India is a secular democratic country. Lately, Hindu nationalism has started impacting the nature of state and citizenship in a very strong way. As Indian Nationalism developed during the freedom movement, Hindu nationalism and Muslim Nationalism came as opposites of Indian Nationalism.
The origin of Hindu nationalism and also Muslim Nationalism can be traced to the colonial period, when the rising freedom movement was articulating the concept and values of Indian nationalism. A section of Hindus, from the kings of princely states and upper-caste elite, to begin with, kept aloof from freedom movement asserted the concept of Hindu Nationalism.