Historian Ramachandra Guha has a strong take on the Hindu nationalism in India -- 바카라Pakistan nationalism in reverse is Hindutva".
Historian Ramachandra Guha has a strong take on the Hindu nationalism in India -- 바카라Pakistan nationalism in reverse is Hindutva".
Delivering the 27th Dr Gopinath Memorial Lecture marking the 104th birth anniversary of the legendary Odia litterateur in Bubaneswar, he said, 바카라In Pakistan, to be Pakistani one has to be Muslim, one has to speak Urdu and hate Indians,바카라 as quoted by the New Indian Express.
He said the newer model of nationalism is jingoism not patriotism. 바카라The difference between patriotism and jingoism is that patriotism is love for the country and respect for the Constitution, while jingoism is motivated by hate and revenge.바카라
Last month, Guha had called out the liberal thinkers in the country to treat Hindu and Muslim communalists alike.
"Many people, this writer among them, object to Hindus flaunting saffron robes and trishuls at rallies. While a burka may not be a weapon, in a symbolic sense it is akin to a trishul. It represents the most reactionary, antediluvian aspects of the faith. To object to its display in public is a mark not of intolerance, but of liberalism and emancipation," he had said.
Though he rescinded later on the controversial comparison, by then Guha had triggered a debate that hits at the core deficiencies of both the communities.
Following this, an Outlook special issue had described him as a 바카라category- defying scholar who takes on bhakts and mullahs.바카라
바카라Ramachandra Guha used to say that, as a chronicler of the past, it would be appropriate for him to stay off contemporary events because he can바카라t bring analytical distance to the task of interpreting a reality that바카라s still unfolding. But the times have been such that the historian is driven to intervene in current affairs, writing in a way as to set the terms of debate, not afraid of leaving himself vulnerable to critique,바카라 said Arvind Subramanian in one of the articles in the Outlook special issue on Guha바카라s academic and intellectual contributions.
In another article on Guha, Gopalakrishna Gandhi had said: 바카라In our times when fact is stranger than fiction, here바카라s one who can take honest criticism as happily as he can dispense it.바카라
In Bubaneswar, Guha also said patriotism associated with leaders like Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru is challenged by the newer model of nationalism associated with Hindutva.