NAME- YASHVI BANSAL [BBA(B) 2018-21]

SUBJECT- POLITICAL SCIENCE

SUBMITTED TO- PROF. VIVEK N D

Questions covered:-

What type of nationalism do you think is the closest in terms of categorising Hindu

Nationalism as witnessed in India and why? 
Which among the 4 types could be an alternate type that could be adopted in India?

As it is known, India has become a ‘Free Country’, after being ruled by Mughals, Guptas,
Shivaji and many others, followed by the long British Rule. I believe British Rule was a
period, where according to the definition in the article, the country saw a turn from
Patriotism to Nationalism.
The country became one, all people of different caste, creed and religion came together to
fight against the British.
Now, talking about the present situation, with Bhartiya Janta Party being in power, it is very
clear that they are strongly implementing policies in the view of their stance as Pro-Hindu
and Anti-Pakistan Party.
They marketed themselves well, especially the slogan of ‘acche din’, and we can see that BJP
clearly supports and also promotes ‘Hindutva’, which shows that it has a missionary zeal to
spread their nation(or theirs beliefs/ideologies), and this also creates a fanatical support for
the party. There is a divide that can be now seen in the people of the country, some of have
related that ‘Anti-Pakistan’ policies as even ‘Anti-Muslim’ altogether, which goes against the
image that India is a ‘secular’ country.
Use of force and militarism has been witnessed several times in the country under the BJP
governance, as seen in the Anti-CAA protests, the Anti-Hindu Agitations of Karnataka,
protests in Jammu and Kashmir etc.
This is why I believe that Hindu Nationalism, which saw a rise under the BJP regime, closely
relates to Jacobin Nationalism.
India is a land of cultural diversity, and is to be supposedly secular, where people of
different caste, creed, belief systems are to live together in a harmony, every body has their
own set of beliefs and learns to co-exist, as this closely relates to local self-rule, where
people have peculiar beliefs and characteristics. I believe this would go well with the
Humanitarian Nationalism.