The Hindu Phenomenon

Author	Editors Note
Author of the Book " The Hindu Phenomenon" [More...]	Girilal Jain belonged to that minority of Indian intellectuals who welcomed the movement for the Ram temple as part of the process of Hindu self-renewal and self-affirmation... [More...]
Hindu Nationalism : The First Phase	A Unique Phenomenon
Since the contribution of British Orientalists in the second half of the eighteenth century to the growth of self-awareness and pride in their past cultural achievements... [More...]	The first point that needs to be emphasized in a meaningful discussion of Hindu nationalism is that it is something altogether different from other types of nationalisms... [More...]
Retreat And Rage	The Civilizational Perspective
The central issue that arises out of developments connected with the demolition of the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya on 6 December 1992 [More...]	I must say at the outset that I think in terms which are different from the ones that have dominated the public discourse in our country for a century and longer. [More...]
Ayodhya : A Historical Watershed	The Nehruvian Framework
1992 will doubtless go down in Indian history as the year of Ayodhya. [More...]	As discussed earlier, two processes have been on among Hindus since the early nineteenth century - modernization and self-renewal. [More...]
Appendix 1 : Resolving the Ancient Language Problem	Appendix 2 : Islam And The Nation Concept
An unknown Indian has taken on proponents of Aryan invasion/migration theory, demolished their case, and established that northern India is the original home of the Indo-European family of languages. [More...]	Some Muslim scholars have questioned the validity of the concept of Islamic state as distinct from Muslim state the first being an ideological proposition ... [More...]
Appendix 3 : The Older Order Changeth...	Appendix 4 : Combining Bhakti with Power
The socio- economic - political order Jawaharlal Nehru fashioned and Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi kept going, with modifications, is in deep trouble. [More...]	Some liberal Hindus and Muslims have been highly critical of what I have written on the demolition of the Babri structure and related issues since 6 December 1992. [More...]

THE HINDU PHENOMENON