Hegemony is the political, economic, and military predominance of one state over other states, either regional or global. India is one country that is trying to take advantage of her size, population, and economic prowess and is fixated on achieving her perverted objective of Akhand Bharat.

It occupies a central place in the ideological framework of RSS and further enforced by the RSS long-term insistence on imposing the Hindutva ideology on the nearly 1.50 billion denizens where 14 percent or over 200 million are Muslims. Hindutva is a dominant form of Hindu nationalist politics in India, and it has become a rallying cry for a large segment of the population.

According to RSS ideology, “These words include the feeling that this entire land from Attock to Cutack, Kutch to Kamrup and Kashmir to Kanya Kumari is not only sacred to us but is a part of us.

The people who have been born in it since times immemorial and who still live in it may have all the differences superficially brought about by place and time, but the basic unity of their entire life can be seen in every devotee of Akhand Bharat.“ With the BJP in full control, with the fascist and prejudicial mindset of Narendra Modi, with huge funding by tycoons in India as well as by Indian Diaspora, and with street power and hooliganism of fundamentalists, the RSS has intensified its goal of imposing Hindutva ideology.

Besides RSS, other Hindu nationalist political groups such as Shiv Sena, have sought the repossession of Jammu and Kashmir under the pretence of Akhand Bharat, especially after the abrogation of Article 370 and 35A of the Indian Constitution that removed the semi-autonomy of Jammu and Kashmir in August 2019.

Hindutva highlights the concept of Akhand Bharat under it and advocates for inclusive Hindu nationhood and religion-centered chauvinism, cultural integration, and hegemony by elite social class.

However, its doctrine is not fully accepted by those who do not subscribe to the exclusion of........

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