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Christophe Jaffrelot, a professor of political science at Sciences Po in France, has been keenly studying India, and especially the rise of Hindu nationalism, for over 30 years. Jaffrelot, who has also taught at Kingâs College London, Columbia University and Yale, has written several books on Indian nationalism, caste politics and Indian nationalism. His latest work is Indiaâs First Dictatorship