IndiaNewsWatch<p>How Secular Parties Played Their Part in Rise of Communalism</p><p>(an excerpt from Aditya Mukherjee’s book Political Economy of Colonial and Post-Colonial India)</p><p>Although communal forces were dealt with sternly in the first few years after Independence, limiting them to the fringe, they have, over the years, received tacit support from the political class, helping them grow their base over the last few decades.</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BookExcerpt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BookExcerpt</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/secularism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>secularism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/INC" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>INC</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/JawaharlalNehru" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>JawaharlalNehru</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SardarPatel" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SardarPatel</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AdityaMukherjee" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AdityaMukherjee</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/communalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>communalism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HinduNationalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HinduNationalism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/hindutva" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>hindutva</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/hate" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>hate</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/majoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>majoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RSS</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/JanaSangh" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>JanaSangh</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/minorities" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>minorities</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/india" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>india</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>bookstodon</span></a></p><p><a href="https://thewire.in/books/how-secular-parties-played-their-part-in-rise-of-communalism" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thewire.in/books/how-secular-p</span><span class="invisible">arties-played-their-part-in-rise-of-communalism</span></a></p>