Is there any difference between Hindutva and Hinduism?

Hinduism is the name given to the most ancient and persistent religion on the Indian subcontinent, and Hindutva is the name by which the ideology of the Hindu right, represented by the political party Bharatiya Janata Party, or Indian People’s Party (BJP), is known.

Where are the Hindus majority?

India
Presently, India and Nepal are the two Hindu majority countries. Most Hindus are found in Asian countries.

Is India really secular?

With the Forty-second Amendment of the Constitution of India enacted in 1976, the Preamble to the Constitution asserted that India is a secular nation. The Constitution does not recognize, it does not permit, mixing religion and State power.

What is the percentage of Hinduism in India in percentage?

Of the one billion Hindus in India, it is estimated that Hindu Forward caste comprises 26\%, Other Backward Class comprises 43\%, Hindu Scheduled Castes (Dalits) comprises 22\% and Hindu Scheduled Tribes (Adivasis) comprises 9\%. Except for Punjab ( Sikh majority), Kashmir ( Muslim majority),…

Where is conversion to Hinduism prevalent in India?

Andhra Pradesh and the Northeast of India are some of the regions where conversion is prevalent. In response to the activities of Christian missionaries in India, the hardline Hindu groups like Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) have aggressively started reconversion of converted Christians as well as Muslims back to Hinduism.

Can Hindutva make Hinduism more like its enemies?

During the founding decades of the Hindutva movement, much effort revolved around making Hinduism more like its rivals: building a single shared identity to unite everyone for whom India was, in Savarkar’s words, “his Fatherland as well as his Holy-land.”

How has Hindu activism in the US been shaped by discrimination?

I ndian activism in the US has been shaped by the discrimination the community has faced in the country. The discrimination has essentialized all desis as Hindus for more than a century now.