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Introduction In the first part of this paper I will discuss The Hindutva brand of politics, their organizational set up and their ideology. This is to get a better understanding of the second part of the paper. In the second part I have done the analysis of a part of an interview with The Gujarat chief Minister Mr. Narendra Modi when he was chosen as the “Newsmaker of the Year” by “India Today” magazine (issue: December30, 2002). At the end of each answer I have tried to bring out the various techniques of persuasion and the usage of particular words (with propagandistic intent)by Mr.Modi. The Hindutva Brigade India is a secular democratic country with a population of more than a Billion. Hindus form around 84% of the population and the rest are a diverse mix of Mulims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and other religious groups. Hindutva is a nationalist ideology, based on a modern day version of centralized intolerant Hinduism. It has got nothing to do with the spiritual practice of the Hindu religion. Such fundamental Hinduism - Hindutva - has been brought to the fore front in today by a group of political organizations ca