Understanding Fascism

Authoritarianism, Balagopal points out, lies immanent in the dominance of the ‘national’ project by the hegemonic classes and castes. The elites have deliberately sought to work this as well as regional contradictions to their advantage. They do this by building a repository of social contempt and negativity against shifting targets—religious minorities, workers, civil rights activists, political dissenters, Dalits and Adivasis movements, and protesting women.

Balagopal writes about how in India, the alchemy between caste, class and the State creates a uniquely Indian alloy of fascism.