Interdisciplinary Refections on South Asian Transitions 9783031366857, 9783031366864

Table of contents :
Acknowledgement
About the Volume
Contents
Notes on Contributors
Introduction
Right-Wing Transitions in South Asia
Chapter 1: South Asian Minority Groups Beware: Economic, Political and Social Reasons Driving a Shift to Right-Wing Ideology
Introduction
Right-Wing Ideology in Practice
Right-Wing Ideology, Governments, Capitalism and Corporate Investment in South Asia
Right-Wing Ideology Political Media Portrayals of South Asian Minority Groups
Conclusion
References
Chapter 2: Radical Monks and Rajapaksa: An Overview of Right-Wing Politics in Sri Lanka
Introduction
Constitutional Changes in Sri Lanka
The Rise of Sinhalese Nationalism and Ethno-nationalist Conflict
Sinhalatva Groups
The Rajapaksa Regime
Conclusion
References
Chapter 3: Nostalgia of Monarchy and Contemporary Right-Wing Politics in Nepal
Introduction
The Ideas of ‘King’ in Nepalese Society
Democratic Changes and Voices for Monarchy
Contemporary Right-Wing Politics in Nepal
Future of Right-Wing Politics in Nepal: The King and the Hindu Nation
Conclusion
References
Chapter 4: Revisiting History and Society: Understanding the Impact of British Era Policies in Shaping Present-Day Hindu Right-Wing Ideology
Introduction
Muzzy Creation of Community Identities During Colonial Era and Its Impact on Modi’s India
Divide and Rule to Break India
The Indian Council Act (1909): The Past of Present
The Partition of Bengal: Ideology, History, and Implications
Conclusion
References
Chapter 5: Peasant Populism and Hindu Imagery: A Case Study from Gadwal, Telangana State of South India
Introduction
Political Economy, Transactional Politics and ‘Democratisation’
Agrarian and Religious Populism and Formation of Telangana State
Methodology and Field Setting: Village and the Region
Economic Processes and Political Attitudes
Political Ideologies and Allegiance Relations Post Formation of the Telangana State
Conclusion
References
Chapter 6: Hindutva and Secularism
Introduction
Terms
Indian Secularism
Crisis of Indian Secularism
Conclusion
Chapter 7: Understanding the Triumph of Hindutva and Its Social Contract in India
Introduction
Hindutva Social Contract
Working Patterns of Hindutva
Theological Foundations of Hindutva
Hindutva and Public Institutions
Predicaments of Hindutva
Hindutva Robbery of Commons
Rent-Seeking Hindutva Government
Hindutva Politics of Deception
Conclusion
References
Chapter 8: Hindu Nationalist Anxiety Around Its Feminine ‘Own’ and the ‘Other’
Introduction
Clothing, Veiling and Questions of Modern Muslim Women’s Agency
Religious Personal Law and the Consolidation of Identities
UCC and the Hindu Nationalist Projection of Pro-Muslim Women Image
Conclusion
References
Chapter 9: Dominance of Exploitative Relations in the Matrix of Class Struggle in Bangladesh
Introduction
The Point of Departure in Bangladesh
Bangladesh Thrusts Ahead
Class Struggles
Chapter 10: Biopolitics, Nostalgia and the Making of Nations: Exploring the Nexus Between Race, Citizenship and Gender in India Following Covid-19
Introduction
The Covid-19 Contagion Versus India’s Triple Contagion: Socio-economic and Political Oppression During the Lockdown
The Rise of a New Order Post-pandemic: Hindutva and the Decolonial Turn
Taking a Decolonial Turn with Cosmopolitan Memory
Conclusion
References
Chapter 11: The Hajj in Communist Eyes: Abdullah Malik’s Hajj as an Islamic Dystopia
Introduction
Abdullah Malik’s Hajj
Malik’s Hajj Diary
30 December
Hajj Politics: How Pakistan Politics Brought Fascism Even to Mecca
29 January
A Letter Which Was Not Posted
Index

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