Awakening Bharat Mata

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Awakening Bharat Mata: The Political Beliefs of the Indian Right is a literary collection by Swapan Dasgupta, published by Penguin Random House in 2019.[1][2][3] The book is about the rise and beliefs of right-wing politics in India.[4]

Background

Hindu nationalism is one of the predominant political beliefs prevalent in India. According to the author, the book is not about Hindu nationalism as a power, but as a social and political movement.[5]

Publication

Awakening Bharat Mata: The Political Beliefs of the Indian Right is a 2019 literary collection by a Bharatiya Janata Party politician Rajya Sabha and Padma Bhushan award recipient Swapan Dasgupta. The book was published by Penguin Random House and contains 440 pages.[6]

Summary

Dasgupta wrote the first three chapters of the book, which are: The Political context; Motherland, Religion and Community; Politics and the Hindu Narrative. The book then provides a collection of essays which are divided into three categories: The Motherland and Nation Building, History, and Fault Lines.

The latter section of the book contains essays written by

S. Gurumurthy
.

Reception

Rishi Raj, reviewing for the

left liberal dominated discourse, BJP and Hindutva politics have been given distaste in intellectual and academic circles.[1] Besides tracking the rise and success of Hindutva politics, the book also examines its faultlines.[1] Raj praised the essays selected by Dasgupta but expected the author's own analysis on its relevance in today's times.[1] In the end of review, Raj suggests to give the book to liberal historian Ramachandra Guha when he rues about absence of India's conservative intellectuals.[1]

Ravish Tiwari, writing for

BJP.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Awakening Bharat Mata | A book that sheds light on the rise of the Right". The Financial Express. 2019-07-14. Retrieved 2020-03-16.
  2. ^ a b c "Articles of Faith". The Indian Express. 2019-07-13. Retrieved 2020-03-16.
  3. ^ a b c d "Understanding the Indian right". The Week. Retrieved 2020-03-16.
  4. ^ Bhattacharya, A. K. (2019-07-02). "The roots of Hindu nationalism". Business Standard India. Retrieved 2020-03-16.
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