In fact, the anti-Muslim stance of much of Hindu nationalism can be construed as partly a displaced hostility against the colonial power which could not be expressed directly because of the new legitimacy created within Hinduism for this power. Such a dynamic would seem to roughly duplicate the displacement of Oedipal hostilities in the authoritarian personality.
Ashis Nandy, The Intimate Enemy: Loss and Recovery of Self Under Colonialism
colonialism, hindutva, history, psychology