RSS, School Texts and the Murder of Mahatma Gandhi
Author: ADITYA MUKHERJEE
Price : $ 19 (Includes shipping)
Book review
RSS, School Texts and the Murder of Mahatma Gandhi undertakes the novel experiment of juxtaposing three apparently quite different issues, the nature of the RSS school textbooks, the murder of the Mahatma and the basic ideology of Savarkar and Golwalkar. While deeply delving into all three aspects, it brings out the deep connection between them.
The book, which brings out the basic ideological underpinnings of the Hindu Communal Project, is divided into three parts. Part I discusses how this ideology is propagated among young impressionable minds through school textbooks. Part II studies the role of the Sangh combine in the murder of Mahatma Gandhi and Part III analyses the basic elements of the Hindu communal ideology, as propounded by some of its founders like Savarkar and Golwalkar.
The book brings home to us in a dramatic manner the great threat communalism poses to our society, thus making it a must-read for the general educated reader, including politicians, political workers, social activists and journalists.
About the author ADITYA MUKHERJEE Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi MRIDULA MUKHERJEE Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi SUCHETA MAHAJAN Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
RSS, School Texts and the Murder of Mahatma Gandhi undertakes the novel experiment of juxtaposing three apparently quite different issues, the nature of the RSS school textbooks, the murder of the Mahatma and the basic ideology of Savarkar and Golwalkar. While deeply delving into all three aspects, it brings out the deep connection between them.
The book, which brings out the basic ideological underpinnings of the Hindu Communal Project, is divided into three parts. Part I discusses how this ideology is propagated among young impressionable minds through school textbooks. Part II studies the role of the Sangh combine in the murder of Mahatma Gandhi and Part III analyses the basic elements of the Hindu communal ideology, as propounded by some of its founders like Savarkar and Golwalkar.
The book brings home to us in a dramatic manner the great threat communalism poses to our society, thus making it a must-read for the general educated reader, including politicians, political workers, social activists and journalists.
About the author ADITYA MUKHERJEE Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi MRIDULA MUKHERJEE Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi SUCHETA MAHAJAN Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
Non-Fiction
Splendours of Royal Mysore- The Untold Story of the Wodeyars - By Vikram Sampath
The artistic representation of history,” says Aristotle, “is a more scientific and serious pursuit than the exact writing of history.......more>>
The artistic representation of history,” says Aristotle, “is a more scientific and serious pursuit than the exact writing of history.......more>>
India’s Century - By Kamal Nath
In a short time, India has proven itself a major economic power, generating billions for its citizens and for the international communitymore>>
In a short time, India has proven itself a major economic power, generating billions for its citizens and for the international communitymore>>
My Country My Life - By L K Advani
My Country My Life is a self-portrait of India’s leading political personality - L.K. Advanimore>>
My Country My Life is a self-portrait of India’s leading political personality - L.K. Advanimore>>
Without Fear - By Kuldip Nayar
The style and format of the writing in the handbills struck British intelligence as suspiciously familiarmore>>
The style and format of the writing in the handbills struck British intelligence as suspiciously familiarmore>>
Billions of Entrepreneurs: How China and India Are Reshaping Their Futures and Yours - By Tarun Khanna
For the first time since the rise of Western capitalism, entrepreneurs in China and India can ignore New York and London—and still bui...more>>
For the first time since the rise of Western capitalism, entrepreneurs in China and India can ignore New York and London—and still bui...more>>









