ABSTRACT
This chapter argues that a fascist consensus dominates Indian politics today, consolidating the gains of the second democratic upsurge and consciously seeking to emulate the Nehruvian consensus of the early postcolonial era. Narendra Modi’s victory in the 2014 national elections promised organic social unity, political stability, economic growth, and a powerful state. Yet this victory rests on a complex coalition of social groups and interests, which gives Hindu fascism today its vitality even as it threatens to fragment its carefully crafted ideological consensus.
