politically mobilizing them has become a compulsion of all political parties

[yogesh saxena]

In the present Indian sociopolitical scenario, a large number of dalit
castes have become the main players in the electoral arena and
politically mobilizing them has become a compulsion of all political
parties. The strong desire of these castes to assert their identity
based on their sense of pastness is being profitably encashed by many
political parties who are appropriating their heroes and recreating
their histories to suit their political ideology and thereby
politically mobilizing them. This is especially true in UP and Bihar
where society is still divided on caste lines and the lower castes are
still oppressed.


Fascinating Hindutva examines how, aided by other Hindutva forces like
RSS and VHP, the strategies of BJP for mobilizing dalits rests on
reinterpreting their Hindu past and unifying them under the
metanarrative of Hindutva. It is an exploration of the fascinating
tactics used by the Hindutva forces to politically mobilize individual
dalit castes like the Nishads, Musahars and Dusadhs by saffronising
their heroes.