HISA 3003 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Rama, Tiger Memon, Dawood Ibrahim
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Because of indian intervention in sri lanka and tamil regions. Gandhian rule of india began to decline. Bharatiya janata party [1980 - present: right wing party, goals, fight corruption, de ne indian identity which is different from the west. Did so by de ning india as ram rajya : lord ram main character of ramayana, problems associated with this, 1st problem: this indian-ness derives from a hindu basis. Isolates the muslim indians, christian indians, sikh indians, etc: 2nd problem: thinking that ramayana is the historical foundation literary document of india, support for a globalized economy. Special emphasis on sezs [special economic zone] Ram rajya: bjp de ned india as ram rajya . Lord ram main character of ramayana: problems associated with this, this indian-ness derives from a hindu basis. Isolates the muslim indians, christian indians, sikh indians, etc: thinking that ramayana is the historical foundation literary document of india.