Lamakaan - the Election Series Lectures. Sat 11th Jan - 2pm to 5:30pm Sun 12th Jan - 11am to 4pm (with an hour lunch break)

LAMAKAAN ELECTION SPECIALS - SERIES OPENER

Hindutva and Other Fundamentalisms: Fault-lines of Indian Democracy

3 part lecture and discussion with Biju Mathew. A Lamakaan Night School Primer.

The 2014 election season has seen the re-emergence of Hindutva as a defining feature of Indian politics all over again with Narendra Modi and his brand of communal politics. This three part lecture/discussion will excavate the 1920s origins of Hindutva, its founding influences and its role in the nationalist movement, followed by a brief outline of its withering in the immediate post independence era. The lectures will then track the re-emergence of the Hindutva movement in post Emergency India and argue for the political economic and cultural crisis that marks its most recent re-emergence under the tutelage of Narendra Modi. This is a must for those seeking a solid and well grounded understanding of Hindutva and the struggle around secularism.

The lecture by Biju will be majorly in English but participants are welcome to take up discussions in English, Urdu, Hindi and Telugu too.

All are invited, entry is free.