RSS and Gandhi: The Idea of India analyses the ideas of Gandhi and the RSS to understand how and where they converge on and diverge from each other in key questions that India continues to debate even today. The discourse on Gandhi and the RSS encompasses a fascinating debate in social, civilizational, cultural, political and religious questions which affianced the Indian minds towards nation building, both before and after independence. This book also examines their positions on issues and themes, where they may seem standing on the same page but reflect a tangential dispersion regarding means and methods. It discounts and dispels the predominant view that Gandhi and the RSS are diametrically opposed in their ideas on India and the Indian nation. Contents: Acknowledgements Introduction Gandhi and RSS on Indian Nation Reflections on Hinduism Response to Religious Conversion in India Reforming Hindu Social Order: Caste and Untouchability Questions Search for a National Language in India In Defence of Cow Protection Swadeshi: Beyond Economic Reconstruction of India Hindu--Muslim Relations and Minority Questions Critique of Western Industrial Civilization Conclusion Bibliography Index Preview this book ◀▶➕➖ Purchasing options Please select a format: Hardback ISBN: 9789354792526 ₹1,395.00 Order from: Buy from SAGE Amazon FlipKart About the Author: Sangit Kumar Ragi is currently a professor and Head in the Department of Political Science, University of Delhi. Beginning his career as an assistant professor at Maharaja Agrasen College in 1995, he has a teaching span of over two and a half decades in the University of Delhi. He teaches public administration, Indian politics and Indian political thought. His areas of research include demographic changes, ethnic conflicts and nationalism. He has also served as deputy dean, academics, in the University of Delhi and was part of the core team that designed and implemented four-year degree programme in the University of Delhi. He is currently working as a consultant on the project ‘Selected Works of Shyama Prasad Mukherjee’ and is also a member of the ‘Content Review Committee’ constituted by the Ministry of Culture to the project ‘Prime Ministers Museum’. He has widely published in books and research journals of national and international repute. Professor Ragi is a popular television commentator on Indian politics and contributes articles for print and online news portals. He has earlier edited research journals Indian Journal of Social Enquiry and Eternal India. Currently, he is editor-in-chief of Indian Studies Review published from Delhi.