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Breaking India: Western Interventions in Dravidian and Dalit Faultlines
AuthorRajiv Malhotra, Aravindan Neelakandan
LanguageEnglish
PublisherAmaryllis, An imprint of Manjul Publishing House Pvt. Ltd.
Publication date
2011
Publication placeIndia
Pages640
ISBN978-8191067378
OCLC706503582

Breaking India: Western Interventions in Dravidian and Dalit Faultlines is a book published by Amaryllis in 2011 which discusses how India's integrity is being undermined by the different kind of global networks. This book is written by Rajiv Malhotra and Aravindan Neelakandan. In 2011 this book was in the list of top 10 bestseller books in India.

Synopsis

This book looks at the historical origins of both the Dravidian movement and Dalit identity, as well as the current players involved in shaping these separatist identities[1]. It includes an analysis of the individuals and institutions involved and their motivations, activities, and desired endgame. While many are located in the US and the European Union, there are an increasing number in India too, the latter often functioning like the local branch offices of these foreign entities.

This book focuses on the role of U.S. and European churches, academics, think-tanks, foundations, government and human rights groups in fostering separation of the identities of Dravidian and Dalit communities from the rest of India.[2]

The book is the result of five years of research, and uses information obtained in the West about foreign funding[3] of these Indian-based activities. The research tracked the money trails that start out claiming to be for education,human rights, empowerment training, and leadership training, but end up in programs designed to produce angry youths who feel disenfranchised from Indian identity[4].

The book reveals how outdated racial theories continue to provide academic frameworks and fuel the rhetoric that can trigger civil wars and genocides in developing countries. The Dravidian movement's 200-year history has such origins. Its latest manifestation is the Dravidian Christianity movement that fabricates a political and cultural history to exploit old faultlines[5]. The book explicitly names individuals and institutions, including prominent Western ones and their Indian affiliates. Its goal is to spark an honest debate on the extent to which human rights and other empowerment projects are cover-ups for these nefarious activities.

Translation

In December 2011 Tamil version of the book was release. In September 2013 Hindi version of this book is planned.

Reception

Breaking India book release (Feb 2011)

Ram Jethmalani an eminent international jurist and Member of Parliament said the book is ‘an eye opener, a warning to us’ about not only of internal enemies but external enemies outside our border who are collaborating with dummies, proxies inside our border trying to weaken India, break her unity, integration and ultimately to jeopardise our freedom, sovereignty, culture[6]. The co author Aravindan Neelakandan said We wrote the book for all Indians for you and me because we do not want our children to end up in refugee camps[7]. Professor Upendra Baxi, former Vice-Chancellor, Delhi University, said that the book essentially focuses on 3-S- Subordination of India’s independence, Surveillance of independent India and Subversion of independent India[8]. S Gurumurthy, columnist, public intellectual and financial analyst said 'This work is long overdue. There have been a lot of efforts to expose the kind of machinations that's going on to pervert our nationalism, pervert our past, pervert our great heroes, pervert even our spiritual personalities like Thiruvalluvar'[9].

References

  1. ^ "Rajiv Malhotra's 'Breaking India', listing conspiracies to split the country, released by Dr. Swamy". 30 Nov 2011.
  2. ^ "How Evangelists Invented 'Dravidian Christianity". 29 March 2011.
  3. ^ "Conspiracies to split India". 29 March 2011.
  4. ^ "Some global NGOs want to partition India: Rajiv Malhotra". 25 May 2012.
  5. ^ "Does South Asian Studies Undermine India?". 04 Dec 2003. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  6. ^ "Ram Jethmalani releases the book Breaking India". 9 Feb 2011.
  7. ^ "Breaking India. The book launch The ploy against India exposed". 27 Feb 2011.
  8. ^ "Book Release: 'Breaking India'". 14 Feb 2011.
  9. ^ "BREAKING INDIA - Address By Swami Dayanand Saraswathi & S.Gurumurthy". 9 Feb 2011.

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