Guha attributed the ascent of the Hindutva from of nationalism to the "hypocrisy" of the Left and the Congress. He suggested that the Communists and the Congress party were behind it.
Delivering the 23rd Justice Sunanda Bhandare Memorial Lecture here, Guha cautioned that jingoism would harm the country culturally and economically.
Speaking on the topic 'patriotism versus jingoism', he dwelt on the concept of 'constitutional patriotism', saying it was an acknowledgement of our shared diversity and ability to be rooted in one's culture.
Patriotism is suffused with love while jingoism sustains on identification and hatred against a common enemy, he said.
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"Although the Communists had a great influence on our culture and life, they loved another country more than India -- earlier it was Russia and then it was China," he said.
He also accused the Congress of "intellectual and moral corruption" and added that it gave ammunition to jingoism in the country.
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