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Indian Drama

Nationalism, Politics, and Policy

Mehnaaz Momen

Texas A&M International University

This article explores the relationship between the changing demands of nationhood and identity politics in India. The author analyzes the ideologies of nationalism and Hindutva through the lenses of space to understand how these concepts affect policies such as the Mandal Commission report, which triggered the usurpation of politics and eventually the government by communal political forces in India. As a policy, the Mandal report is a part of historic attempts to redefine the access and entry of the disadvantaged other in the educational and employment spheres. This article attempts to illuminate how the boundaries between political and religious spaces in India have become blurred in recent decades.

Key Words: Mandal • Hindutva • nationalism • BJP

Space and Culture, Vol. 8, No. 1, 17-30 (2005)
DOI: 10.1177/1206331204272207
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