Jyotirmaya Sharma

Jyotirmaya Sharma is professor of political science at the University of Hyderabad, India. His recent publications include, Hindutva: Exploring the Idea of Hindu Nationalism (Penguin/Viking, 2003; second edition published in december 2011) and Terrifying Vision: M.S. Golwalkar, the RSS and India (Penguin/Viking, 2007). His critical examination of the ideas of Swami Vivekananda and 19th century restatements of Hinduism has now been published as A Restatement of Religion: Swami Vivekananda and the Making of Hindu Nationalism (YUP, 2013). Sharma also held senior editorial positions at the Times of India and The Hindu between 1998-2006, and continues to write occasional columns for Mail Today, Hindustan Times and Outlook.