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... the experience of grass-roots resistance Hindu sanctum sanctorum-still has a medieval look to communal machinations in Varanasi. and aura. It is a town of weavers, traders, monks, Varanasi has become an important target of the destitutes, Sanskrit scholars, universities, and ver- Sangh Parivar...

... ally.” However, the The appeal of the Parivar, especially the BJP, strategy was implemented without any organiza- has spread out of the narrow confines of petty ur- tional support, particularly as it was counterposed ban traders of the Hindi belt, its traditional support to the other contender...

.... “The Muslims, on the other hand, (VHP), RSS, BJP, not to mention many others who though small in number are stronger than the Hin- are not part of the Sangh Parivar, whose recon- dus in many ways. The Muslims in India are not as struction of Hinduism is not just religious. It is es- nationalist...

... situation, subcontinent if the fascist situation were to materialize? i.e. a deep crisis threatening domestic and foreign It is this author’s opinion that in writing off the fascist capital. It is the nature of really existing capitalism potential of the Sangh Parivar, Vanaik has underesti...

... “very the parivar to devise a strategy to confront the Cen- commendable.” It criticized the “enormous cover- ter while avoiding a clash with the judiciary The age” given to L.K. Advani and his ruth yatra which game was not to allow the Center to pre-empt the it opined “certainly gave a great...

... by the Hindu cultural identity propounded by militant organi- extremism, but it may be too little too late. And at worst, zations like Jana Sangh, BJP, RSS, VHP and so on (commonly there may be more backlash from this effort than success. referred to as Sangh Parivar). The regime’s lack...

... Avijit Pathak, “Towards 27 See Sumit Sarkar, “The Fascism of the Sangh Parivar,” op. cit., p. Spiritualisation of Marx,” Mainstream, January 1, 1992, p. 17. 166. For a contrasting view see Singh, “Politics - The Dialectics of See Singh, “Politics-The Dialectics of Science and Revolution in Science...

... of its non-parliamentary sought to be taken over from very different tradi- wings, to unassailable state power. tions and incorporated into a single, pan-Indian re- The facts about the history and internal struc- ligiosity. ture of the Sangh Parivar are readily available. Co...

... of criticizing the ban on The Satanic proponents of Hindutva and the members of the Verses, relied for support on the administration of Sangh Parivar. The destruction of a number of his institution and the civil authorities-he too smaller temples in the vicinity of the Babri Mosque, continues to hold...

... of prosperity, which Hindu mob. This was the result of a campaign East would remove all grievances and erase all mem- launched by the Sangh Parivar (i.e., Hindu fam- Middle ories of bloodshed based on ethno-­symbolism. ily) built around the RSS. Their political leader...

..., Malerkotla. 9. Rao, Remediating the Local through Localised News Making, 151. 10. Chandoke, In Malerkotla. 11. Saini, Hindu-Mus­lim Unity. 12. Saini, Hindu-Musl­im Unity. 13. Ran­kine, Citizen, 11. 14. Sarkar, How the Sangh Parivar Writes and Teaches History. 15. Human Rights Watch, India...

... this unexpected alliance. First, de- served for Dalit candidates. In a number of reserved spite a high caste leadership, the strategy of the Sangh constituencies, no Dalit had dared to contest. Muruge- Parivar, the coalition of organizations that propagate san was convinced to do so, despite severe...

... during this time. Publications established by the Gadar organization was and programs became increasingly irregular used to set up the Desh Bhagat Parivar during the 1930s, but some level of Sahayik Committee (Committee to Aid the activity was maintained until 1948...

... on economic criteria and to “counter-Naxalite operations” or the killing of concentrate on basic education for the backward minorities. The Sangh Parivar’s recruitment of castes. Ultimately, they settled for the argument Dalits, OBCs, and tribals as foot soldiers of Hin- that reservations were...

... of specific regions. While Sangha Parivar—is the dense network of RSS the familiarity of a story had the ability to elicit shakhas spread out across most parts of the city. audience participation in the political process, Over the past eighty years or so, the network the knowledge of the intimate...

... for their lives as Sangh Parivar members engage in cow vigilantism. 56 Here the active ire directed against beef eaters absurdly literalizes the predation both Sitwell and Mayo in different contexts recommend against vegans/vegetarians. For Mayo, as for the cow vigilantes spawned by contemporary Hindutva...

... as a basic norm for the Islamic social America, the Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA). structure. Hence, just as many Hindu immigrants in Based in New York, it was created in 1968 by a small the US have tended to endorse the Sangh Parivar’s number of militants who were already affiliated...