TY - BOOK AU - Kancha Ilaiah AU - ILAIAH (Kancha) TI - Why I Am Not a Hindu: A Sudra Critique of Hindutva Philosophy Culture and Political Economy SN - 8185604827 U1 - 294.5 23 PY - 2005/// CY - Calcutta PB - Mandira Sen for Samya KW - Hinduism KW - Manners and customs KW - Religion and politics KW - India KW - Politics and government KW - Hinduism and politics N2 - In this manifesto for the downtrodden, the author examines the socio-economic and cultural differences between the Dalitbahujans (the majority, the so-called low castes) and other Hindus in the contexts of childhood, family life, market relations, power relations, Gods and Goddesses, death and, not least, Hindutva (ideology of the Hindu Right) ER -