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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...

... that dramatically since the Great Depression paved the have occurred since the chapter was written. The Sangh way for fascism. Does that mean fascism is now an- combine’s chief political affiliate, the BJP, has come to tiquated, destined never again to occur in the First power in the sub-continent...

... of the Rama Lalla idols). events leading to the demolition of the Babri Masjid Subsequently, after a delay of more than a year, and related events. It systematically analyzed the on March 3, 1951 the Civil Judge, Faizabad passed role of the Sangh Combine (the RSS, BJP, VHP, an order confirming...

... garded, both by its supporters and adversaries, as Sangh (1959-77). the most striking phenomenon in the Indian politi- Since its formation in 1980, the BJP has already cal scene over the last few years. From a mere two gone through three broad phases and is now in its seats in the Lok Sabha...

... Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) developed after Inde- were striding ahead. This was the hopeful phase, pendence was to found a primary school at almost the golden decade of “Nehruvian socialism,” Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh in 1952.’ Designated of a centrist consensus before it met with major de...

... largest arsenal) - decided to give up last 15 years to the private dismay of Pakistan.’ this status.’ In this regard the Sangh Combine - the Bharatiya Three nuclear threshold countries also decided to Janta Party (BJP), the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) go...

... to Debate on Fascism and “Functional Substitutes for Fascism” 121 do and feels justified in calling this an effort to con- relinquish it before completing their project. struct a more universal theory of fascism in which the In the Sangh, because the RSS is considered at classical...

... to Debate on Fascism and “Functional Substitutes for Fascism” 121 do and feels justified in calling this an effort to con- relinquish it before completing their project. struct a more universal theory of fascism in which the In the Sangh, because the RSS is considered at classical...

... to Debate on Fascism and “Functional Substitutes for Fascism” 121 do and feels justified in calling this an effort to con- relinquish it before completing their project. struct a more universal theory of fascism in which the In the Sangh, because the RSS is considered at classical...

..., regarding India and Indian fascism I wish to make only one point. The central instrumentality of fascism is the state. The central instrumentalities of the so-called fascist forces of India the Sangh Combine is not just or primarily the state, important though it is, and determined though the Sangh...

... of Bajrang Dal were here. The first is the familiar one for which Romila joined together in a public ritual that was expected Thapar initially used the term “syndication,” to propel the Sangh, through its parliamentary arm whereby diverse and even conflicting practices are but with the muscle power...

... the suggest the gendered as well as the communal underpinnings concept of Hindu rashtra becomes virtually essential to Hin- of the Sangh Parivaar's discourse, with Islam being depicted duism as the dominant religion in India. Muslims are con- in inherently violent ways: First, in the Sangh Parivaar's narra...

.... “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...

... for that space, the Sangh base. Over the past few years, especially on the Parivar, which has a strong cadre-based organiza- question of Ram Janmabhumi, the BJP has made tion and a clear alternative support base among the impressive forays into non-traditional areas and upper caste Hindus...

... and the Jharkhand Mazdoor Sangh negotiating on behalf of the workers. A week passed but none of the agreements were implemented. On the contrary, the company violated the settlement and retrenched more workers. Such illegal retrenchments had been on the increase during the previous two or three months...

... 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...

..., the ganizations and parties are the Rashtriya Swayam Assam Accord and the Indian Constitution’s Article Sevak Sangh (RSS), the Bharatiya Jan Sangh (now the 370 dealing with the special status of Jammu and Bharatiya Janata Party PJP the Muslim League, Kashmir. Those accords sought to resolve the ethnic...

... 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...

... Nationalism (India) as the land of Hindus. The Rashtriya Central among the claims of the RSS is that Swayam Sevak Sangh (RSS) that emanated from Hindus are Aryans, and that the Aryan invasion...

... of Hindus founded in 1919) and the teenage boys, not yet corrupted and made timid by Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh [RSS] (the National family concerns and at “university students and shop- Assembly of Volunteers founded in 1925) - articu- keepers and clerks of the lower middle clas~es lated...