Rise of Saffron Power

Introduction 1. 'Yes, but not in the South': The BJP, Congress and regional parties in South India 2. India's Foreign Policy and Hindutva: The new impact of culture and identity on the formulation and practice of Indian Foreign Policy 2014-2017 3. Allegories of 'Love Jihad' and Ghar Wapsi: Interlocking the socio-religious with the political 4. Understanding BJP's Victory in Uttar Pradesh 5. Election 2014 and the Battle for India's Soul Harsh Mander 6. Collapse of the Congress Party 7. Explaining the Inconvenient Truths of Indian Political Behaviour: Hindutva, Modi, and Muslim voters in 2014 8. The Dance of Democracy: Election 2014 and the marginalised and minorities 9. Aam Aadmi Party's electoral performance in Punjab: Implications for an all India political scenario 10. The 'People' and the 'Political': Aam Aadmi and the changing contours of the anti-corruption movement 11. The 2014 National Elections from the Margins of Modern India 12. Big National Parties in West Bengal: An Exceptional Outcast? 13. National Elections in a Tribal State: The 2014 Lok Sabha elections in Meghalaya 14. Electoral Politics in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) and the problem of communal polarization 15. Lok Sabha Elections in (Un) Divided Andhra Pradesh: Issues and implications in Telegana and Seemaandra 16. An Inquiry into the Causes and Consequences of Saffron Whirlwind that swept Uttar Pradesh in the 2017 Assembly Election Index