RELG 252 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Jawaharlal Nehru, Ram Mohan Roy, Dwarkanath Tagore

• School: McGill University
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RELG 252
• Professor: Andrea Marion Pinkney

Document Summary

Hindu nationalism and globalized hinduisms: indian nationalism: relates to freedom struggle against british colonialism (cross-caste, cross religious movement). Considers india as a secular haven: hindu nationalism: no hindu nation-state, india is a republic. Hindutva: term that emerges if the idea of hindutva meaning hinduness, race begins to relate to religious identity. Vivsha hindu parishad: protectors of dharma , most well known, mainstream groups which actively promoted the notion of hindutva, produces curriculum for children in different languages, this is considered the most mainstream version. The raishtriya swayamsevaj sangh (rss): more militant, not a political organization, a social organization that tries to promote hinduness in a narrowly divided way, the person who shot gandhi was a part of the rss. In 1528, mughal king placed up a mosque (claim that it should be torn down, which is eventually what happened in december 6, 1992: demolition of the babri mosque)