Book Review of “Holy Science: The Biopolitics of Hindu Nationalism.” By Banu Subramaniam.

First published in the Journal of the American Academy of Religion, lfaa003, https://doi.org/10.1093/jaarel/lfaa003

Published: 08 February 2020

The particular cover of Banu Subramaniam’s book, Holy Science: The Biopolitics of Hindu Nationalism, is provocatively playful. A “Vedic” pundit sits at what appears to be the shoreline of the beach wearing several garlands of rudrākṣa and a sarong-like luṇgi. As well, his hair is worn with a typical top knot and a matching long beard. What makes this cover so delightful is that our pundit also wears a microphone/earphone head piece, as if he is in a call center. And, on top of this, he sits at a computer holding a stylus smart pen topped with a peacock feather. The computer…

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