Author(s): Dr Krishna Kumar R

Abstract: Hinduism, as a religious section became political in Modern India. Political religiosity became a power-oriented system and Shashi Tharoor analyses different aspects of the origin, aims and activities of this system to amass power for the survival. This book brings to light, the formation of Hindutva, the political phase of Hinduism and the different layers of emphasis that it exerts over various fields of the country. This article concludes with the notion of Tharoor regarding the supremacy of constitution.

Keywords: Hinduism, Secularism, Hindutva, Constitution

Article Info: Received: 15 Apr 2026; Received in revised form: 11 May 2026; Accepted: 16 May 2026; Available online: 20 May 2026

DOI: 10.22161/ijels.113.20