Hindutva as a way of life: recognises cultural identity and resists narrow religious definition or fundamentalist labelling. Hinduism cannot be precisely defined because it comprises diverse beliefs, practices and social forms; it lacks a single founder or central authority and is marked by doctrinal plurality and tolerance. Hindutva is framed as a way of life or process of Indianisation tied to cultural identity rather than exclusively narrow religious doctrine, so equating these terms in the abstract with fundamentalist religious bigotry is conceptually and legally unsound.