Mobilization of Indian Youth in the Shiv Sena

1977 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 231 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary F. Katzenstein
Keyword(s):  
Shiv Sena

Warriors in Politics: Hindu Nationalism, Violence, and the Shiv Sena in India. By Sikata Banerjee. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 2000. 207p. $62.00.

2001 ◽  
Vol 95 (1) ◽  
pp. 229-231
Author(s):  
Sanjib Baruah
Keyword(s):  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
The State ◽  
Capital City ◽  
Hindu Nationalism ◽  
Central Theme ◽  
Political Force ◽  
Political Landscape ◽  
Political Forces ◽  
Shiv Sena ◽  
The City

These two books are about two powerful regional political forces in India-the Shiv Sena of Maharashtra (with a focus on the city of Mumbai) and the Dravidianist parties of Tamil Nadu. Many readers of this journal may know these places by their older names: Mumbai is Bombay, and the state of Tamil Nadu and its capital city were once known as Madras. Both books, not coincidentally, have much to say about the rise of Hindu nationalism in India, which is perhaps the most dramatic change in the Indian political landscape in recent years. That, indeed, is the central theme of Banerjee's book, which investigates the Hindu-Muslim riots in Mumbai in 1993. Banerjee argues that the politics of Hindu nationalism provides the context for the riots. In Mumbai, the major political force articulating a Hindu nationalist agenda is the Shiv Sena (literally, the warriors of Shivaji, a legendary Maharastrian Hindu hero).

The Shiv Sena: A Movement in Search of Legitimacy

Asian Survey ◽  
1970 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 967-978
Author(s):  
Ram Joshi
Keyword(s):  
Shiv Sena
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