Simbhoonath Capildeo

Lion of the Legislative Council Father of Hindu Nationalism in Trinidad and Tobago

• Author(s): Daurius Figueira,
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Pages: 280
• ISBN_10: 0595287646
  ISBN_13: 9780595287642
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Biography & Autobiography / Presidents & Heads of State , Political Science / Political Ideologies / Nationalism & Patriotism , Political Science / Political Process / Political Advocacy ,

Description:... The book is a deconstruction of the political discourse of Simbhoonath Capildeo the progenitor of Hindu nationalist discourse in Trinidad and Tobago.

Capildeo's Hindu nationalism is premised upon a rootedness in Trinidad and Tobago, a fervent praxis premised on bhakti (devotion) towards creating a discourse of Sanatan Dharma that was relevant to life in the west as a Hindu that was sustainable, and finally a political praxis that was demonstrably anti- racist and egalitarian in the tradition of democratic socialism.