AYODHYA : A HISTORICAL WATERSHED

Notes And References

 

1. Jagmohan, My Frozen Turbulence in Kashmir, Allied Publishers, New Delhi, 1991, p.138.

    

2. On the face of it, the contest has been, and is, between communalist Hindus, who equate Hinduism with nationalism and secularist Hindus who believe that India has been, and is, larger than Hinduism. In reality the picture has been made more complicated inasmuch as secular nationalism in India has been underwritten, at least party, by casteism. All parties have been fairly attentive to caste arithmetic. The competition, as a shrewd Congress leader once said to me, has been between communalism and casteism.

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