Hindutva, Economic Neoliberalism and the Abuse of Economic Statistics in India Jayati Ghosh https://doi.org/10.4000/samaj.6882 https://journals.openedition.org/samaj/pdf/6882
Economist Jayati Ghosh, in a piece titled Hindutva, Economic Neoliberalism and the Abuse of Economic Statistics in India, explained how the Narendra Modi government’s efforts at implementing the Hindutva agenda adversely affects economic activity.
Quoting examples of the 2002 Gujarat riots and the 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots, she said, “Riots – often instigated cynically by proponents of Hindutva for political and other purposes – are clearly not economically beneficial in the aggregate. However, they can sometimes lead to benefits for part