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| name = Breaking India: Western Interventions in Dravidian and Dalit Faultlines<br />
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| author = [[Rajiv Malhotra]], [[Aravindan Neelakandan]]<br />
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| country = India<br />
| language = English<br />
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| publisher = Amaryllis, An imprint of Manjul Publishing House Pvt. Ltd.<br />
| pub_date = 2011<br />
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| pages = 640<br />
| isbn = 978-8191067378<br />
| oclc = 706503582<br />
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'''''Breaking India: Western Interventions in Dravidian and Dalit Faultlines''''' (Amaryllis, 2011) is a book written by [[Rajiv Malhotra]] and [[Aravindan Neelakandan]] which argues that India's integrity is being undermined by the support of western institutions for the [[Dravida Nadu|Dravidian]] movement and [[Dalit nationalism|Dalit identity]]. <br />
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The book has been translated to Tamil, Hindi, and Kannada.<ref>{{cite web |title=Udaiyum India? on Flipkart |url=http://www.flipkart.com/udaiyum-india-kzk-tamil/p/itmd53cqzhhpugdg}}</ref> In April 2014, a [[Hindi]] version of the book titled ''Bharat Vikhandan'' was released.<ref>{{cite web |title=Rajiv Malothra on Twitter |url=https://twitter.com/RajivMessage/statuses/459628296825626624 |date=April 2014}}</ref><br />
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On 15 February 2015, a [[Kannada]] version of the book titled ''Bharatha Bhanjana'' was released in Bengaluru<ref>{{cite web |title=Rajiv Malhotra on Twitter |url=https://twitter.com/rajivmessage/status/567003131196608512 |date=15 Feb 2015}}</ref> by the noted Kannada litterateur [[M. Chidananda Murthy]]. The book is translated to Kannada by Shri Lakshmikanth Hegde and edited by R. V. Jahagiradar, with a foreword by the renowned Kannada novelist [[S. L. Bhyrappa]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Kannada Version of Shri Rajiv Malhotra's Breaking India; Book Release in Bangalore |url=http://www.haindavakeralam.com/HKPage.aspx?PageID=19437 |accessdate=9 March 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402113807/http://www.haindavakeralam.com/HKPage.aspx?PageID=19437 |archivedate=2 April 2015 }}</ref><br />
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Gita Ramaswamy writes: {{quote|This doorstopper of a book is really one long polemical pamphlet. The authors' intention is historiographical confrontation with Bible-thumpers in Tamil Nadu, but what they lack is expertise in handling historical data and a professional approach [...] The problem is in analysing Dravidian and Dalit faultlines. They don't get wished away by denial. One would expect the authors to analyse these faultlines, acknowledge the limited validity of conversions and identity politics, and discuss their limitations. Instead, they are in denial throughout and consequently fall into outrageous positions ... While Dravidianists insist on the fact of an Aryan invasion (and are supported by studies of scholars such as Romila Thapar), Malhotra disproves them—but uses the same tiresome polemic without the attendant scholarship.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/yankee-hindutva-strikes/271815 | first=Gita | last=Ramaswamy | date=23 May 2011 | title=Yankee Hindutva Strikes | publisher=Outlook | accessdate=18 January 2020 </ref>}}<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* ''[[Being Different]]''<br />
* ''[[Indra's Net (book)|Indra's Net]]''<br />
* ''[[Invading the Sacred]]''<br />
* ''[[Hinduism Invades America]]''<br />
* [[Hindu American Foundation]]<br />
* [[Hindu politics]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
'''Breaking India'''<br />
* [http://www.breakingindia.com/ ''Breaking India'' (book website)]<br />
* [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rajiv-malhotra/how-evangelists-are-inven_b_841606.html Rajiv Malhotra, ''How Evangelists Invented 'Dravidian Christianity' '']<br />
'''Rajiv Malhotra'''<br />
* [http://rajivmalhotra.com/ rajivmalhotra.com]<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131217004737/http://infinityfoundation.com/index.shtml The Infinity Foundation]<br />
* [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rajiv-malhotra/# Huffington Post - Blog by Rajiv Malhotra]<br />
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===Videos===<br />
* [https://archive.is/20130616021542/http://www.firstpost.com/anna-hazare-ramdev/video/dr-subramanian-swamy-speech-during-breaking-india-book-release-function/3303450LHK0Tl8TBXB11.html Video: Discussion of Rajiv Malhotra's BREAKING INDIA book by Dr. Subramaniam Swamy on 20 November 2011 Bangalore]<br />
* [https://archive.is/20130616021358/http://www.firstpost.com/india-a/video/breaking-india-a-talk-by-rajiv-malhotra-qa-in-houston-usa---part-2/GWNCgHIznYd346579A11.html Video: Breaking INDIA: A Talk by Rajiv Malhotra]<br />
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