10-08-2006, 01:06 PM
Can anyone clue me in on Indian intellectuals opposition to "Nationalism" (as it relates to Indian/Hindu context), borrowing european ideas opposing nationalism will not do <!--emo&
--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tongue.gif' /><!--endemo-->. For exmaple, IID (Indian Intellectual Dorks), conflate racism/exclusionary movements et al - European experience etc, to Indian/Hindu nationalism (if there is such a thing), and dump on it.
The same IIDss however, do not have problem with sub-nationalist movements, as long as they are not Hindu. Anyways, wanted to see if we can get to what Hindu Rashtra <b>is not</b>, rather than what it is - at least at this point.
--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tongue.gif' /><!--endemo-->. For exmaple, IID (Indian Intellectual Dorks), conflate racism/exclusionary movements et al - European experience etc, to Indian/Hindu nationalism (if there is such a thing), and dump on it. The same IIDss however, do not have problem with sub-nationalist movements, as long as they are not Hindu. Anyways, wanted to see if we can get to what Hindu Rashtra <b>is not</b>, rather than what it is - at least at this point.