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Hindu nationalism emerged as a major political force on the Indian political scene in the mid-1980s. It is their vigorous espousal of the cause of building a Ram Temple at the site of the Babri masque in Ayodhya, Ram's birthplace that catapulted the Hindu nationalists to the center stage of Indian politics. Yet a pan-Hindu nationalism built on or garbed in Hindu religious & cultural symbols does not appeal to all Hindus. The enormous diversity of the Hindu religion & the larger diversity of the Indian civilization militate against the rise of an all embracing Hindu nationalism. The convincing creation of a modern Indian nation eludes its ideologues. India's staggering diversity is a formidable obstacle to it becoming a nation-state, a form of political organization the Indian nationalists most desire. Are there other forms better suited to its diversity? Adapted from the source document.

An examination of whether newly industrializing countries (NICs) of East Asia & Latin America could develop a relationship of complex interdependence with advanced industrial market economy countries of Western Europe, Japan, & North America similar to the relationship that exists between such advanced industrial nations. The concept of complex interdependence, as developed by US international relations theorists, is critically analyzed to show its lacunae -- eg, it ignores the role of domestic political institutions in forging complex ties of cooperative interdependence among liberal democracies. A majority of NICs have achieved a high level of industrialization by pursuing an external economic orientation, under a new authoritarianism that differs from traditional forms. It is argued that these corporate states cannot form links of complex interdependence with Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development countries, because this would require a greater play of nonstate actors & normative devaluation in the use of force. The problems that newly established NIC democracies face are briefly discussed. Modified AA