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Golwalkar and RSS maintain that it is translation of [[Ganesh Damodar Savarkar]]'s Rashtra Mimansa from Marathi.<ref name="Kohli1993">{{cite book|author=Ritu Kohli|title=Political ideas of M.S. Golwalkar: Hindutva, nationalism, secularism|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E8GuWoyoUSkC&pg=PA4|accessdate=26 March 2012|date=1 January 1993|publisher=Deep & Deep Publications|isbn=978-81-7100-566-6|pages=4}}</ref><ref name="TOI_1">{{cite web|title=RSS officially disowns Golwalkar's book|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/RSS-officially-disowns-Golwalkars-book/articleshow/1443606.cms|accessdate=24 June 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Punj|first1=Balbir|title=Bunch of secular thoughts|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/storyOld.php?storyId=14420|website=archive.indianexpress.com|accessdate=5 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Goyal|first1=Desh Raj|title=Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh|publisher=Radha Krishna Prakashan|pages=80-81}}</ref> [[A G Noorani]] comments that RSS's attempt to distance itself is based on mendacity, and the real reason is the brutal candidness in the book. He claims that RSS leaders [[Rajendra Singh (RSS)|Rajendra Singh]] and Bhaurao Deoras had made a statement in 1978 in court stating that "With a view to give a scientific base to propagate the idea India being historically from time immemorial a Hindu Nation, late Shri M.S. Golwalkar had written a book entitled 'We or our Nationhood Defined'".<ref name=Noorani/> |
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| Author | M. S. Golwalkar |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Published | 1939 |
| Publication place | India |
We, or Our Nationhood Defined is one of the two controversial books written by M.S. Golwalkar, also referred to as Guruji,[1] who was the second Sarsanghchalak (Supreme Leader) of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh(RSS).This book was published in 1939.[2] The scholar Jean Curran characterised this book as the RSS' "Bible" in his book Militant Hinduism in Indian Politics: A Study of the RSS.[3]
Authorship
Golwalkar and RSS maintain that it is translation of Ganesh Damodar Savarkar's Rashtra Mimansa from Marathi.[4][2][5][6] A G Noorani comments that RSS's attempt to distance itself is based on mendacity, and the real reason is the brutal candidness in the book. He claims that RSS leaders Rajendra Singh and Bhaurao Deoras had made a statement in 1978 in court stating that "With a view to give a scientific base to propagate the idea India being historically from time immemorial a Hindu Nation, late Shri M.S. Golwalkar had written a book entitled 'We or our Nationhood Defined'".[3]
Endorsement of Nazis
In his book, Golwalkar endorses the Nazi campaign targeting Jews, which had continued in Germany during the 1930s.[7][8] Observes Golwalkar:
To keep up the purity of the Race and its culture, Germany shocked the world by her purging the country of the Semitic races--the Jews. Race pride at its highest has been manifested here. Germany has also shown how well nigh impossible it is for Races and cultures, having differences going to the root, to be assimilated into one united whole, a good lesson for us in Hindusthan to learn and profit by.[9][8]
See also
References
- ^ Christophe Jaffrelot (1996). The Hindu Nationalist Movement and Indian Politics. p. 40.
- ^ a b "RSS officially disowns Golwalkar's book". Retrieved 24 June 2015.
- ^ a b A.G. Noorani (2000). The RSS and the BJP: A Division of Labour. pp. 18–23.
- ^ Ritu Kohli (1 January 1993). Political ideas of M.S. Golwalkar: Hindutva, nationalism, secularism. Deep & Deep Publications. p. 4. ISBN 978-81-7100-566-6. Retrieved 26 March 2012.
- ^ Punj, Balbir. "Bunch of secular thoughts". archive.indianexpress.com. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
- ^ Goyal, Desh Raj. Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. Radha Krishna Prakashan. pp. 80–81.
- ^ "Welcome To The BJP (Bharatiya Janata Pustakalaya)". Retrieved 18 June 2015.
- ^ a b A.G. Noorani (2000). The RSS and the BJP: A Division of Labour. p. 20.
- ^ Christophe Jaffrelot (1996). The Hindu Nationalist Movement and Indian Politics. p. 55.