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On Modi Time : Merits and Flaws of Hindu Activism in its Day of Incumbency
This collection of articles concerning Hindu politics starts one year before Narendra Modi's election campaign gained momentum, ultimately bringing him to power on 16 May 2014; and ends nearly a year after this impressive victory, when the new incumbent's performance already allowed for a first assessment. They all relate to the perception of the Hindu Nationalist movement, either by insiders or by the outside world.
The expression "on Modi time" has come to stand for efficiency and the power to perform. Among his supporters, NaMo stands for the ability to break through hurdles, those of poverty and economic paralysis ("the Nehruvian rate of growth") as well as those of anti-Hindu disinformation and hate. This picture is partly correct but two developments have come to darken it.
After the Modi wave helped to win several State elections, the stunning defeat in Delhi broke his image of invincibility. NaMo's party, the BJP, was forced to come back to earth and realize its own mortal existence, bound to be fleeting. What will be its legacy? In what ways will it have changed India?
The secularists and their dupes, the world media and India-watchers, have learned to co-exist with Modi, but they have not disarmed and still jubilate at every misfortune befalling him Modi has not won yet, and in spite of some early successes, it remains to be seen whether his government will deliver.
More uncanny is the second development Narendra Modi is known the world over as a Hindu fanatic, yet his policies have so far not borne out this reputation. What factors inside and outside the party determine the Hindu dimension of the Government of India's policies? Hindus are entitled to wonder what item on the Hindu agenda this government will realize.
The expression "on Modi time" has come to stand for efficiency and the power to perform. Among his supporters, NaMo stands for the ability to break through hurdles, those of poverty and economic paralysis ("the Nehruvian rate of growth") as well as those of anti-Hindu disinformation and hate. This picture is partly correct but two developments have come to darken it.
After the Modi wave helped to win several State elections, the stunning defeat in Delhi broke his image of invincibility. NaMo's party, the BJP, was forced to come back to earth and realize its own mortal existence, bound to be fleeting. What will be its legacy? In what ways will it have changed India?
The secularists and their dupes, the world media and India-watchers, have learned to co-exist with Modi, but they have not disarmed and still jubilate at every misfortune befalling him Modi has not won yet, and in spite of some early successes, it remains to be seen whether his government will deliver.
More uncanny is the second development Narendra Modi is known the world over as a Hindu fanatic, yet his policies have so far not borne out this reputation. What factors inside and outside the party determine the Hindu dimension of the Government of India's policies? Hindus are entitled to wonder what item on the Hindu agenda this government will realize.
- GenresPolitics
264 pages, Hardcover
Published January 1, 2015
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About the author
Koenraad Elst
41 books157 followersFlemish writer and orientalist (without institutional affiliation).
Koenraad Elst was an editor of the New Right Flemish nationalist journal Tekos 1992 to 1995 and also contributed to other Flemish seperatist publications like Nucleus, 't Pallieterke, Secessie and The Brussels Journal.
Koenraad Elst is one of the most well-known western writers to actively defend the Hindutva movement.
Koenraad Elst was an editor of the New Right Flemish nationalist journal Tekos 1992 to 1995 and also contributed to other Flemish seperatist publications like Nucleus, 't Pallieterke, Secessie and The Brussels Journal.
Koenraad Elst is one of the most well-known western writers to actively defend the Hindutva movement.
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