TY - BOOK AU - Ghosh, Partha S. TI - BJP and the evolution of Hindu nationalism : from periphery to centre SN - 8173042535 U1 - 320.954 PY - 1999///, 2000 CY - New Delhi PB - Manohar Publishers and Distributors KW - Bharatiya Janata Party. Hinduism and politics -- India. Nationalism -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism N1 - This study traces the growth of Hindu nationalism from the early days of Indian renaissance in the late 19th century to the present against the background of an inceremental competition amongst several social forces which do not allow shaping of India into a Hindu state. The study attempts to assess the future of political Hinduism in general and the BJP in particular together with critically gauging the ideological and intellectual depths of the phenomenon ER -