Jha, Sushama <br/><br/>
Indian conservatism: Identity, politics and democracy 

 - South Asian Journal of Socio-Political Studies  
 - 23(1), Jul-Dec, 2022: p.118-122 
<br/><br/> This article is an attempt to understand the core idea of conservatism with special focus on Indian Conservatism. The paper will start with the introduction of conservatism along with its characteristics and move towards the Indian Conservatism, its evolution, salient features in theory and practice. What would be the ideal form of the Indian Conservatism, which will also be explored. India as a multicultural state has a kind of conservatism which is multifaceted in nature. It upholds not only characteristics of the core ideology of conservatism but also has its own distinct elements. Since Indian renaissance its evolution starts with the spirit of revival of old Hindu traditions which developed by the time and takes its full-fledged shape particularly specially with the Modi government’s victory in 2014. This article is an attempt to explore Indian conservatism in its pluralistic nature which will be probably its ideal form. Here the monopoly of a particular majoritarian group over Indian conservatism is a point of great discussion. The debate regarding identity, politics and democracy within the arena of Indian Conservatism is the central theme of the paper. It also tries to throw light on the ideal form of Indian conservatism which can give assurance of a unite, democratic, peaceful and developed nation - India.- Reproduced