Presenting the Past Anxious History and Ancient Future in Hindutva India

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Udayakumar, S. P.
Presenting the past: anxious history and ancient future in Hindutva India /
S. P. Udayakumar.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-275-97209-7 (alk. paper)

1. India—Historiography. 2. Nationalism—India—History. 3. Hinduism and
   politics—India. I. Title.
   DS435.U33 2005
   954'.0072'054—dc22 2005000450

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Copyright © 2005 by S. P. Udayakumar

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ISBN: 0-275-97209-

First published in 2005

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Reprinted from FUTURES, Vol. 28, No. 10, S. P. Udayakumar: "Betraying a Futurist," pp.

971-85, Copyright 1996, with permission from Elsevier.

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