TY - BOOK AU - Sharma, Mukul TI - Green and Saffron: The RSS, Modi and Indian environmental politics SN - 09788178246857 PY - 2024/// CY - Ranikhet PB - Permanent Black KW - Communalism -- India KW - Environmental protection -- Political aspects -- India KW - Environmental policy -- India N2 - This book examines the intersection of contemporary environmental issues and movements in independent India, and the development of Hindu conservative ideology and politics. It also focuses on post-2014 scenarios up to the present day. Sharma argues that these two social currents – environmental conservation and Hindu politics – have forged strong bonds. He reveals the hijacking of environmentalism – including the politics of climate change and energy transition – by conservative and retrograde worldviews. ER -