Meaning of Hinduness | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The quality of being Hindu.
   uncountable
2. Synonym of Hindutva.

Examples

“To stand for ‘Hinduness’, which is the soul of this nation and civilisation, was considered ‘communal’ and abused as token ‘Hindu majoritarianism’.”

“It is Hinduness that has drawn the multitudes – beyond upper castes – to BJP. In its purest form, Hinduness is a dharma different from religion. […] Hinduness doesn’t deny minorities a stake in society, but seeks to empower all on merit, and delink social justice from identity.”

“Unlike, for example, Tilak and Aurobindo, Gandhi took great care to assure Muslims that they had nothing to fear from his Hinduness.”

“What Param Poojya Guruji intended as the real nature of Hinduness was this fact of its being all-inclusive and all-pervasive.”

“The BJP advocates the ideology of Hindutva (or Hinduness), which insists that multireligious and multiethnic India is fundamentally a “Hindu Rashtra” (Hindu Nation).”

“Hindutva? Both Savarkar and Golwalkar locate the idea of Hinduness by reference to history. Even taking into account its diversity, Hinduness is rooted in Aryan civilisation and the establishment of the Vedic tradition.”

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