Aijaz Ahmad

Aijaz Ahmad was the author of In Theory: Nations, Classes, Literatures, among other books. He died in March 2022.

RashtriyaSwayamsevak Sangh (RSS), India’s National Volunteer Organisation, is the oldest, largest and most successful far-right group in the world today. It is also the effective ruling power in India. The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is merely a political front – one of numerous fronts – for the RSS. Narendra Modi, the prime minister, has been a functionary of the...

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