What is fascinating is the variety of ways in which this RSS construct was propagated- through little magazines, caste association newsletters, annual reports of temple charities- thus connecting Kashmiri pandit politics to a global network of quite unconnected brahmin groups 2/3
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This is how Hindutva spreads and organizes- not just through the RSS/BJP itself but through a network of social and cultural spaces all underwritten by caste. Pandit politics can hold our constitution hostage now because of this form of organization, which remains invisible. 3/4
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Focusing just on RSS/BJP, and especially on social media, means we miss 99% of the byways which the poison of Hindutva has seeped into our soil and has turned into a river of hate that will wash India away. 4/4
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This is also why I absolutely will not waste my breath on social media dealing with Hindutva trolls. They are a tiny part of the real network. I much rather focus on figuring out exactly how Hindutva works in real life and that is what the past 9 months of my life has been about
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