Breaking India
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| Author | Rajiv Malhotra, Aravindan Neelakandan |
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| Country | India |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Amaryllis, An imprint of Manjul Publishing House Pvt. Ltd. |
Publication date | 2011 |
| Pages | 640 |
| ISBN | 978-8191067378 |
| OCLC | 706503582 |
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| Portal:Dravidian civilizations |
Breaking India: Western Interventions in Dravidian and Dalit Faultlines (Amaryllis, 2011) is a book written by Rajiv Malhotra and Aravindan Neelakandan which argues that India's integrity is being undermined by the support of western institutions for the Dravidian movement and Dalit identity.
The book has been translated to Tamil, Hindi, and Kannada.[1] In April 2014, a Hindi version of the book titled Bharat Vikhandan was released.[2]
On 15 February 2015, a Kannada version of the book titled Bharatha Bhanjana was released in Bengaluru[3] by the noted Kannada litterateur M. Chidananda Murthy. The book is translated to Kannada by Shri Lakshmikanth Hegde and edited by R. V. Jahagiradar, with a foreword by the renowned Kannada novelist S. L. Bhyrappa.[4]
Gita Ramaswamy writes:
This doorstopper of a book is really one long polemical pamphlet. The authors' intention is historiographical confrontation with Bible-thumpers in Tamil Nadu, but what they lack is expertise in handling historical data and a professional approach [...] The problem is in analysing Dravidian and Dalit faultlines. They don't get wished away by denial. One would expect the authors to analyse these faultlines, acknowledge the limited validity of conversions and identity politics, and discuss their limitations. Instead, they are in denial throughout and consequently fall into outrageous positions ... While Dravidianists insist on the fact of an Aryan invasion (and are supported by studies of scholars such as Romila Thapar), Malhotra disproves them—but uses the same tiresome polemic without the attendant scholarship.[5]
See also[]
- Being Different
- Indra's Net
- Invading the Sacred
- Hinduism Invades America
- Hindu American Foundation
- Hindu politics
References[]
- ^ "Udaiyum India? on Flipkart".
- ^ "Rajiv Malothra on Twitter". April 2014.
- ^ "Rajiv Malhotra on Twitter". 15 February 2015.
- ^ "Kannada Version of Shri Rajiv Malhotra's Breaking India; Book Release in Bangalore". Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
- ^ {{cite web | url=https://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/yankee-hindutva-strikes/271815 | first=Gita | last=Ramaswamy | date=23 May 2011 | title=Yankee Hindutva Strikes | publisher=Outlook | accessdate=18 January 2020
External links[]
Breaking India
Rajiv Malhotra
Videos[]
- 2011 non-fiction books
- Indian non-fiction books
- History books about India
- Hindu nationalism
- 21st-century Indian books
- Hinduism-related controversies