Presenting the Past Anxious History and Ancient Future in Hindutva India

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Utilitarians, 28-29
Uttar Pradesh (UP), 60, 78, 92, 94,100,
127,129,162

Vaishnavajana, 58
Vaishnavites, 116
Vajpayee, A.B., 59,109,115-16,125,
128,130-32,136
Varanasi, 8,98,123,162,167
Varna, 111-12,116
Vashista, 67
Vasislitha, 60
Vatsyayan, Kapila, 80
Vattimo, Gianni, 47, 48
Vedas, 24,26,38,49,57, 79,98, 111, 153
Vimalasuri, 54
Vishal Hindu Sammelan, 60,101
Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), 3, 37,
60,98,100-102,127-28,136

Vishwamitra, 35, 60, 67

Vishwanath temple, 99,123

Vithal, B.P.R., 119

Vivekananda, Swami, 22

Voegelin, Eric, 21

Waqiat-i-Hind, 79

Wendt, Albert, 20

We or Our Nationhood Defined (Gol-

walkar), 33-34

Women, 39,84; brahmacharya, 113,116;

divorce rights, 57; oppression of, 30,

35,158,176,179; Ramarajya imag-

ing, 84-85, 92, 95; Rastra Sevika

Samiti, 116; Shariat Act, 158; Sita's

representation of, 66-67

World Hindu Conferences, 121

Yagna, 132,133