The ideology of Hindutva dominates our political and cultural landscape today. How did it begin, and what is it precisely? Aakar Patel, author of the forthcoming book Our Hindu Rashtra, joins Amit Varma in episode 115 of The Seen and the Unseen to shed light on three important Hindutva thinkers.

Also check out:

• Hindutva – VD Savarkar

• Bunch of Thoughts – MS Golwalkar

• Integral Humanism – Deendayal Upadhyay

• Ayodhya: The Dark Night – Dhirendra Jha and Krishna Jha

• The Coffeehouse of Surat – Leo Tolstoy

• Why I Write – Saadat Hasan Manto (translated by Aakar Patel)

• The Story of Our Ancestors – Episode 112 of The Seen and the Unseen

• The BJP’s Magic Formula – Episode 45 of The Seen and the Unseen

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