Bhubaneswar: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Wednesday shared an old post comparing Hinduism with Hindutva and said though he had shared it two years ago, the comparison is still relevant. Hinduism is the union of various Indian cultures and traditions with diverse roots and no founder, while Hindutva is a homogenous racial-territorial category propagated by Savarkar, the post said.
two years ago. Still relevant! @RahulGandhi @INCIndia https://t.co/FwTtzkFCns
— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) December 28, 2021
The post shared by Tharoor, the writer of Why I am a Hindu, says, unlike Hinduism, Hindutva is monolithic, more like Islam and Christianity. Hindutva is exclusive and the practitioners actively hate and fear other religions and oppose the traditional secular Hindu way of life.
The post comes amid the ongoing controversy over Hindu versus Hindutva. Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said people who bow before the wrong decisions of PM Modi are the ones who follow Hindutva ideology.
