India After Indira: Nationalism: Content and Challenges

Nationalism as a doctrine is the expression of collective human activity essentially the happy and noble blending of culture and power within the specificity of geographical boundary. The secular Nationalism is the objectification of the great Indian ‘Composite Culture’, enshrined in the constitution of independent India. Hindu Nationalism is based on ‘Majoritarianism’. guided by the Philosophy of Hindis Hindi and Hindusthan. The idea of ‘Swadeshi’ is antithetical to the ongoing process of liberalisation and stands for the principle of ‘Be Indian and buy Indian’. The people demand liberalisation with ‘Human Face’. In brief, rethinking is essential for the alternative in order to constitute the modern vibrant and progressive India, for which, the hope lies with the masses and their maturity.