Is Hinduism the same as Hindutva

by Devdutt Pattanaik in English Mythological Stories

Is Hinduism The Same As Hindutva - Devdutt Pattanaik If you ask a follower of the Hindutva ideology, he she will say yes, Hindutva and Hinduism are indeed the same, or that Hindutva is actually a superset that includes politics ...Read Moreeconomics, while Hinduism is restricted to religion and culture. If you ask a Marxist historian, or many followers of liberal, atheist and secular ideologies, they will see Hindutva as a fascist nationalistic hegemonic communal supremacist patriarchal misogynist casteist force of upper caste, upper and middle class Hindus, designed to homogenise India with their own idea of the Hindu state (rashtra). Read Less