The BJP has been extensively promoting Hindi author Ramdhari Singh Dinkar and some of his works ahead of Bihar elections. Contemporary Hindi writers have questioned how much the BJP knows about Ramdhari Singh Dinkar. They say Dinkar’s caste, Bhumihar, has become electorally relevant for the BJP.
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The BJP-led government went to the extent of asking the Sahitya Akademi to celebrate the golden jubilee of two of his books, only to be rejected because the 50th anniversaries had come and gone years earlier. Bihar BJP leader C P Thakur’s view of this is, “A golden jubilee need not be celebrated the same year. You can do it until 10 years later.”
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About his book Sanskriti Ke Char Adhyaya, which BJP leaders have been promoting, writers say it is almost an antithesis to saffron ideologies. “Maybe the Sangh Parivar is fascinated by the word sanskriti. Otherwise, they would have recognised that this book examines history from a Nehruvian perspective,” says Prabhat Ranjan, who teaches Hindi literature at Delhi University. more
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The BJP-led government went to the extent of asking the Sahitya Akademi to celebrate the golden jubilee of two of his books, only to be rejected because the 50th anniversaries had come and gone years earlier. Bihar BJP leader C P Thakur’s view of this is, “A golden jubilee need not be celebrated the same year. You can do it until 10 years later.”
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About his book Sanskriti Ke Char Adhyaya, which BJP leaders have been promoting, writers say it is almost an antithesis to saffron ideologies. “Maybe the Sangh Parivar is fascinated by the word sanskriti. Otherwise, they would have recognised that this book examines history from a Nehruvian perspective,” says Prabhat Ranjan, who teaches Hindi literature at Delhi University. more
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