List of figures and tablesList of contributorsAcknowledgementsIntroduction: Passionate politics in India todayPart I: Fear, love and fake news1: Ordinary conspiracy theories and everyday communalism: Hindutva on the Indian cyberspace2: People-led campaigns in the 2019 general election: A case study of #Academics4NaMoPart II: The emotive politics of Hindu nationalism3: Neoliberalism and cultural majoritarianism in India4: The BJP and the war on history5: The passionate politics of the Savarna poor6: Seeking humanist Hinduism: Education and new Gurukul coaching models of HindutvaPart III: Love, hate and Kashmir7: The historical roots of conflict over/in Kashmir8: This side of paradise: The rise, fall and decimation of regional politics in Kashmir9: The fear of Indian settler colonialism and the battle for Kashmir's soulPart IV: Women, gender and love10: Love taboos: Hindus, Muslims and moral panics11: Why is romance political?Part V: What young Indians want12: In pursuit of Parivartan: Youth agency and the 2019 general election in Sikkim13: What do young people want from elections?Part VI: The economics of India's passionate politics14: Social oppression and exploitation of Adivasis and Dalits in contemporary India15: Two large shocks and a long-term problem: The economic performance of the Modi government, 2009–1416: Agrarian crisis, farmers’ protests and women's assertionPart VII: India tomorrow17: The Modi government's authoritarian project in India18: The 2019 elections and their implications for Muslim politics19: Cementing emotions: The new reasoning of majoritarian politicsIndex