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Bombay's international airport is named after Chhatrapati Shivaji Muharaj, a 17th century King of the Marathas of western India remembered in history for his fight against the Muslim Mughal rulers. That's one air terminal that should be avoided by Professor James W. Laine, the American author of a 2003 book on Shivaji. An Indian edition published last summer inflamed Hindu fanatics, culminating in January in the ransacking of a research institute Laine thanked in the book and the banning of the tome by the state of Maharashtra. Last week the state government pressed criminal charges against the Macalaster...
...Laine's sin? He wrote that local jokes hinted that Shivaji might have been the product of an illicit romance. His real misfortune was being a handy target in an election year: whipping up enmity against alleged Hindu bashers is a tried and true campaign tactic in India. Laine says he hasn't received the summons and although he considers India his second home, "I have no plan to go there in the near future?and certainly not to Maharashtra...
Hedgewar argued that the only way to restore Hindu vigor was to stir a sense of martial nationalism in Hindus. The R.S.S., which has grown quickly in recent years to nearly 100,000 members, emphasizes fighting arts and militant Hindu pride, choosing as its heroes figures like Shivaji, a 17th century Hindu king who successfully fought the Muslim Mogul emperors...
...troubles began in Bhiwandi, a cotton and silk weaving center 35 miles north of Bombay, Maharashtra's capital. Bhiwandi's most prominent Moslems agreed to join Hindus in an anniversary procession honoring the 17th century warrior Shivaji, who is remembered for his rout of the Moslem Moguls who dominated India for over 200 years. So delicate are relationships between the sects that marching slogans had to be approved before the procession started out. All of them were about as inoffensive as LONG LIVE MOTHER INDIA. Midway through the parade, however, a few marchers began to shout scurrilous slogans...