Corruption Fight and Language of Indian State: A Tale of the Indian Public Sphere

Dhananjay Rai

Abstract


The fight against corruption has become an intrinsic aspect of Indian landscape. The movement remains more or less unorganised. Therefore, there is engagement of numerous individuals representing various ideological standpoints. One of the actors, who is a professional yoga practitioner and ideologically right winger, received initially warm welcome by Indian State. Due to failure of accord between the two, the state oppression unleashed against him. The kinds of language used by the Indian Government and ruling party against him would eventually strengthen the right wing tendencies in place of countering it in India.
Key words: Non-state actor; State actors; Misconstrual of politics; Patriarchal nuances; Public sphere


Résumé: La lutte contre la corruption est devenue un aspect intrinsèque du paysage indien. Le mouvement reste plus ou moins inorganisés. Par conséquent, il est l'engagement de nombreuses personnes représentant différents points de vue idéologiques. Un des acteurs, qui est un pratiquant du yoga professionnelle et l'ailier idéologiquement à droite, a reçu un premier accueil chaleureux par l'État indien. En raison de l'échec de l'Accord entre les deux, l'oppression de l'État a déclenché contre lui. Les types de langage utilisé par le Parti et la décision du gouvernement indien contre lui serait éventuellement renforcer les tendances de droite au lieu de la contrer en Inde.
Mots clés: Des acteurs non étatiques; Les acteurs étatiques; Le Misconstrual de la politique; Les nuances patriarcale; La sphère publique


Keywords


Non-state actor; State actors; Misconstrual of politics; Patriarchal nuances; Public sphere;Des acteurs non étatiques; Les acteurs étatiques; Le Misconstrual de la politique; Les nuances patriarcale; La sphère publique;Canadian;Social Science

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3968/j.css.1923669720110704.053

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