Mr Malhotra’s narrative goes on to argue that in order to do so, Harvard University, has deliberately marshalled the wealth and energy of well-known Indian industrialists who are unwittingly giving away their money to Left wing causes (disguised as social justice). Mr Malhotra is careful to acknowledge the basic logic of CRT in the US situation, while contesting its transformation and application to India as CCT. The objective is to keep India down in the same way as the Aryan invasion theory and imported concepts of caste changed India’s politics for a hundred years. The argument now focuses on how Critical Race Theory (CRT) of US has been applied ‘mindlessly’ to Indian situation by the Left, as Critical Caste Theory (CCT). This book ratchets up the pressure on civil society further by updating the thesis. There is a marked improvement in the flow of Mr Malhotra’s writing in this second book as compared to the first book ‘Breaking India 1.0.’ The book has had an enormous influence on social media activists and may have contributed to the immense legislative and social pressure that NGOs are facing in India. This book which was not an easy read, primarily because of the rambling nature of the arguments, led to the coining of a somewhat unusual term ‘Breaking India Forces’: a miscellaneous grouping of Marxist intellectuals, ‘pseudo-seculars’, ‘foreign-funded NGOs’, missionaries, and generally anyone who was disparaging of Hindu culture. He has written several books on this theme, including a book called ‘Breaking India’ some ten years ago. Therefore, whether you agree or disagree with his views, you can not ignore them. He has built up a large following of acolytes, and of detractors. His basic thesis is that Hindu culture and philosophical traditions have been maliciously short-charged by US scholars, and this needs to be countered.He famously got into a spat with Wendy Doniger over her interpretation of Hindu mythology. Rajeev Malhotra is a US-based entrepreneur, who has made it his life’s mission to analyse how US academia thinks of India and its Hindu culture.
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