Political Hindutva Vs Hindu Dharma: Devdutt Pattanaik in conversation with Akash Banerjee Sep 9, 2021 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgDBDrOFhYw
In a riveting 45 minute interview, noted mythologist & novelist Devdutt Pattanaik discusses how a nascent wave of Hindutva is nothing but vote bank politics while the 3000 year old Hindu Dharma is the real essence of Hinduism. An eons old belief that is confident, liberal, forgiving and not always comparing to the 'other'. Also discussing the controversy surrounding the 'Dismantle Global Hindutva' conference.
Rahul Gandhi’s Speech Differentiating Hinduism and Hindutva was a Watershed Moment Badri Raina December 26, 2021 https://janataweekly.org/rahul-gandhis-speech-differentiating-hinduism-and-hindutva-was-a-watershed-moment/ Taking the bull by the horns, Rahul underscored the distinction that whereas the Hindu seeks after the truth (satya), the Hindutvadi pursues state power (satta) by hook or by crook... Invoking M.K. Gandhi as an exemplar of Hindu identity, he drew a stark contrast with Gandhi’s assassin, Nathuram Godse, who, although born a Hindu, acted like a hate-filled Hindutvadi. Rahul suggested how while being Hindu means invoking shanti (peace that holds the entire universe in healthful balance), the Hindutvadi, rankled by his fear of the “other”, commits to acts of hate and violence (what more stark evidence of that than the majoritarian assault on the erstwhile Babri mosque, while a complicit state looked the other way).
