Introduction -- Part I. The Pillars of Hindu Nationalism -- 1. The state : dialectics of states, parties, and movements -- 2. Party politics : disrupting party-movement boundaries -- 3. Movements politics : globalized markets and sacred spaces -- Part II. Extensive Violence -- 4. When local violence is not merely local : a tale of two towns -- 5. Gujarat : the perfect storm -- Part III. Episodic Violence -- 6. Uttar Pradesh : movements and counter movements -- 7. Himachal Pradesh : the party rules -- 8. Rajasthan : two phases of party-movement relations -- 9. Conclusion.