Lakshya Choudhary

Unity in travesty: reimagining the nation on the national stage

The essay discusses the use of a national institution, the National School of Drama, by the RSS (Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh) and its political wing BJP (Bhartiya Janata Party) as a hyphen, cobbling together the Hindutva configuration of the two words ‘nation’ and ‘state’ to cons...