Hindutva: A Blind Faith

Abstract

Hindutva is an extreme-wing policy, it’s grounded in Hindu religious and nationalist beliefs. It considers Muslims and Christians as ‘others’, and it rejuvenates its own Hindu religious myths. Under the BJP reign, the meteoric rise of Hindu nationalism has jolted India’s secular democracy and pushed India out of its secular federative lines. Their policies are deified under the ideology of RSS, the rightists desire to assert a Hindu Rashtra, under a Hindu rigid constitution. It has given rise to religious violence and divergence from the actual roots of Hinduism. The saffronization movement had cost severe damage to its multi-faith society and secular diversity. The study is historical in nature, it follows a qualitative research approach and with a focus on the descriptive method. It further addresses the political implications of Hindutva in India, following the extremist policies of BJP during Mod’s regime, and it also sheds light on the politicization of religion for greater political gain, under which India’s democracy has declined to electoral autocracy.