Modi’s government has given voice to a peculiar kind of Hindu chauvinism, one that embraces activist assertion of a narrowly constructed version of the faith. It cannot be described as “fundamentalism,” for Hinduism is a religion singularly devoid of fundamentals: it lacks a single sacred book, a single version of divinity, and even the equivalent of a Sabbath day.
莫迪政府让一种特殊的与印度沙文主义兴起，这种印度沙文主义积极的主张狭隘的信仰观。它不能被称为“原教旨主义”，因为 印度教是一种罕见的没有原教旨的宗教：它没有单一的圣经，没有单一的神，甚至没有“安息日”。事实上，吃牛肉的印度教徒可以和戒吃牛肉的印度教徒一样，在印度教的典籍中找到支持自己信念的内容。