Hindutva

Jyotirmaya Sharma traces the intellectual roots that fed into political Hindutva, offering fresh perspectives on how its ideas took shape. He presents a sharp critique of this political project, but he also argues that readers should look closely at other strands of Hindu thought. These traditions understood Hinduism as compatible with several identities, receptive to new ideas, and capable of absorbing and accommodating philosophical views that seemed to contradict it.