Social Services, Muscular Hinduism and Implicit Militancy in West Bengal: The Case of the Bharat Sevashram Sangha

The Shifting Trajectories of Hindutva: Bharat Sevashram Sangha and the Making of a Saffron Wave in Contemporary West Bengal

“…Now the issues of competitive demography and the 'Muslim question' lost its prominence in Bengal politics, as Hindus were no longer a minority in the state. Afterwards, the BSS's evolution as a representative of the Hindu Bengali middle-class population in West Bengal reflected its ability to weave together the spirit of 'Bengalines' and 'Hinduness' in its narrative (Voix, 2011(Voix, , p. 2010. The sudden demise of Dr Mookerjee in 1953 might have spoiled the possibilities of pro-Hindu politics in the state, the BSS, however, managed to grow and expand its activities primarily as a non-political humanitarian organization in the new secular-democratic environment of the country.…”