The concept of nationalism that informed India’s anti-colonial struggle was a unique and unprecedented idea. Some would argue that anti-colonial nationalism did not have a cultural correlate. And the question is: why has Hindutva supplanted anti-colonial nationalism, and how can the latter be revived? Hindutva ‘nationalism’, therefore, has to be decisively defeated before it is too late, and the grand project of anti-imperialist nationalism resurrected. It must pull back now to resume the journey of genuine nationalism and improvement for all that the anti-colonial struggle had charted for the country.

Source: The Telegraph June 12, 2019 03:45 UTC