Modi and His Brand of Hindutva Are Direct Descendants of the British Raj and its Policies Arjun Appadurai 13/Dec/2021https://thewire.in/politics/narendra-modi-hindutva-british-raj Many of his policies draw from Imperial rule and treats dissidents as a threat, just as the British did...the British saw themselves as the true reformers of Hinduism, with their legal moves against sati, widow remarriage and other exhibits in the Victorian chamber of Hindu horrors. Modi is likewise a Hindu reformer, committed to purging it of its effeminate, anti-technological and tolerant elements to install a patriarchal, developmentalist and masculine version of Hinduism in its place. His regime could be seen as inventing and installing a stereotypically Islamic DNA into the flabby psyche of a soft, feminine and hyper-tolerant Nehruvian Hinduism.
Both parts of this invention are a direct mirror of British views of Hinduism and Islam starting in the 19th century.