Modinama: Issues That Did Not Matter
£5.95
Subhash Gatade
Paperback 9788193466698
Modinama … contextualizes the rise of the BJP in a fertile ground prepared by previous governments. … [It] shows how the seed for this situation was sown by the Congress which selectively employed soft Hindutva, cow politics and even minority appeasement to garner votes.
Parvin Sultana, The Book Review
Description
In May 2019, the party of the Hindu Right, Bharatiya Janata Party, under Narendra Modi, won a spectacular electoral victory.
The victory seemed to defy common sense – why did conversations of life and livelihood not dominate the election? Why did the thuggery of the Hindutva vigilantes seem inconsequential to vast numbers of ordinary, decent people? Why is an aggressive, masculine fundamentalism so normalized in our society today?
In other words, why didn’t the issues that matter, seem to matter? The question goes deeper than electoral arithmetic. It asks if Modi and the BJP have not only changed the electoral map, but also begun to corrode social norms.
This book, based on Modi’s first five years as prime minister, is a warning for the next five.
Review
Modinama … contextualizes the rise of the BJP in a fertile ground prepared by previous governments. … [It] shows how the seed for this situation was sown by the Congress which selectively employed soft Hindutva, cow politics and even minority appeasement to garner votes.
Parvin Sultana, The Book Review
The author
SUBHASH GATADE
Subhash Gatade is a left activist and author. He is the author of Charvak ke Vaaris (Hindi, 2018), Ambedkar ani Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (Marathi, 2016), Godse’s Children: Hindutva Terror in India (2011) and The Saffron Condition (2011). His writings for children include Pahad Se Uncha Aadmi (2010).
Additional Information
| By | Subhash Gatade |
|---|---|
| Published by | Leftword |
| ISBN | 9788193466698 |
| Format | Paperback |
