Political Hypostases of Modern Hinduism: an Overview

The review is a synopsis of two historical writings by Ram Madhav, Secretary-General (2014-2020), Bharatiya Janata Party, that describe the pre-conditions of British India’s partition and emergence of two independent entities, i.e. India and Pakistan. Ram Madhav insists on the validity of his ‘reading’ of the causes and effects of numerous regroupings of forces within the national movement prior to 1947. R. Madhav calibrates various political groups and, then, investigates their views on various political and non-political issues. He examines the policies of the British Raj to divide the national movement on religious and communal lines. Subsequently, such pivotal definitions as ‘hindutva’ and ‘integral humanism’ are deciphered. Thus, the books abstracted seem to be an effective analytical tool for understanding India’s political development in the early 2020s. Moreover, Ram Madhav’s works overcome the stereotypes of Soviet Indology, inspired by the position of the Indian National Congress.