K. L. Sharma, the chief librarian of the Times of India and an old friend,
opened up the library files on various dimensions of the activities of the
Hindu nationalists. At the Center, Drs. R. K. Srivastva and Harsh Sethi
read various sections of the manuscript and made very useful comments.
Dr. V. B. Singh was assisted by Mrs. Kanchan Malhotra in the collection
and analysis of the statistical data.

Various colleagues and friends in the United States and Canada also read
different sections of the manuscript. Carl Lieberman and Jim Sperling of
Political Science and Devinder Malhotra of the Economics Department at
the University of Akron were kind enough to read some chapters and make
very useful suggestions. I am especially indebted to Baldev Raj Nayar of
McGill University for reading the introduction and conclusions. He helped
me correct some errors in tracing the development of the two versions of
nationalism in India. Craig Baxter, a friend and a colleague, was gracious
and generous enough to go through the whole manuscript and made very
important suggestions in improving its quality. Surender Mohan Bhardwaj,
professor of geography at Kent State University, graciously prepared two
maps included in the book despite his busy schedule. Mrs. Bonnie
Ralston, administrative assistant in the department of Political Science, has
typed many of my previous manuscripts with a great degree of patience
and efficiency. This manuscript has been no exception. She skillfully and
graciously typed many drafts of this manuscript and has prepared the final
copy despite an increase in her manifold responsibilities. I sincerely appre-
ciate her help and cooperation. Without the wise counsel and encourage-
ment of senior editor Susan McEachern and her staff at Westview Press,
it would have taken a lot longer to finish this project than it did. My
thanks to Professor S. Dolly Malik Madan, my daughter, who alerted me
to some glaring deficiencies in the first few chapters and made useful
suggestions on its improvement. Last but not least, my thanks to my wife,
Usha, for her help in conducting the fieldwork and for exercising patience
with me during some of the rough periods.

For all our appreciation to those who helped us in the completion of this
project, however, the authors alone bear the responsibility for the material
presented, analysis made, and opinions expressed in this volume.

Yogendra K. Malik

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