ABSTRACT
In the previous chapters, we show that there is a correlation between the introduction of the balance-and-rule policy by the British and the emergence of Hindu militancy. In this chapter, we use the ideology and intergroup perspectives of culture to investigate why such a correlation exists. First, we turn to the ideology perspective and the concept of hegemony to show that shared cultural practices are often founded on the relations between two or more unequal groups. In the second half of this chapter, we use the intergroup perspective of culture, namely the social identity theory and the self-categorisation theory, to examine the impact of Hindu hegemony on the Muslims of Kurundwad.
