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Dr. Koenraad Elst grew up in a Catholic family in the Dutch-speaking part of Belgium. After a brief juvenile flirt with Marxism he was drawn to exploring the spiritual domain, especially through Asian philosophies and disciplines like Aikido, Taijiquan and Yoga.

While doing research in Indian philosophy at Benares Hindu University, he started taking an interest in the ongoing Rushdie and Ayodhya controversies and the larger debate on secularism. He published several books on the historical Ayodhya file. He earned his doctorate in 1998 at Catholic University Leuven with a dissertation on the Ideological development of Hindu nationalism.

A married man and father of four, he is currently working as a free-lance scholar and columnist.

• Ayodhya the Finale - Science versus secularism in the excavations debate
Given the importance of the Ayodhya dispute and the author's old familiarity with it, he engages in this polemic once more. The book is a synthesis of his two article: "Lost and Found: The Ayodhya Evidence" and "The Secularists and the Ayodhya Excavations Report", written during 2003.

• Negationism in India - Concealing the Records of Islam
Negationism in Europe usually means the denial of the Nazi genocide on the Jews and Gypsies in World War II. Less well-known is that India has its own brand of negationism. A section of the Indian intelligentsia is trying to erase from the Hindus memory the history of their persecution by the swordsmen of Islam.

• The Saffron Swastika (Set of 2 Volumes)
This book presents a wide-ranging study of Fascism, Nazism, Communism and the Hindutva movement, and draws a conclusion that “Hindu Fascism” like “Loch Ness monster” is merely a combination of words which may produce some sound and fury but which signify no observed reality.

• Update on the Aryan Invasion
This book on the developing arguments concerning the Aryan Invasion Theory consists of adapted versions of the papers presented by the author and aims to help the debate in moving on and reaching its conclusion.

• Ayodhya & After
The author argues that the Ayodhya movement, which wants to reintegrate the sacred place of Ram Janmabhoomi into the living tradition by building a Mandir on it, is at the same time an invitation to the Indian Muslims to reintegrate themselves into the society and the culture from which their

• The Demographic Siege
In today's India, demography is a hot item, not just because of the economic and ecological burden of overpopulation, but even more because of the differential between Hindus and Muslims with its real or perceived political implications.

India's secularists admit the fact of Muslim demographic expansion but offer as

• Who is a Hindu?
This scholarly work examines Hindu revivalist views of Animism, Buddhism, Sikhism and other offshoots of Hinduism.

• Gandhi and Godse : A Review and A Critique
What remains of Nathuram Godse is the statement he gave in his own defence during the trial, on 8 November 1948. After the statement was read in court, its publication was prohibited.

• Bharatiya Janata Party vis-à-vis Hindu Resurgence
This book highlights the increasing distance between the BJP's actual policies and the Hindu expectations among the public on which the party capitalizes. The proble3m is serious enough, and this work is a contribution to this debate.

• Psychology of Prophetism - A Secular look at the Bible
This study presents an important new line of research into the origins of prophetic religions like Christianity: the psychological analysis of certain mental phenomena with believers construe as 'divine revelation".

• Ayodhya - The Case Against the Temple
This book, the author says in preface, is his last contribution to the literature on what is known in India as “communalism”, meaning the conflict between the different religions, principally Hinduism and Islam.

• Update on the Aryan Invasion Debate
Now in paperback edition also, this book on the developing arguments concerning the Aryan Invasion Theory consists of adapted versions of the papers presented by the author and aims to help the debate in moving on and reaching its conclusion.

• Ram Janmabhoomi vs. Babri Masjid - A Case Study in Hindu-Muslim Conflict
This book focuses on Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid controversy and discusses whether Babar, or another Muslim ruler, really demolish a Hindu temple to build a mosque in its place, and if so, is it justified to right the wrongs of history by demolishing the existing structure.

• Decolonising The Hindu Mind - Ideological Development of Hindu Revivalism
Amidst the umpteen number of works available on Hindu revivalism, this work stands out with its clear focus and clarity of thought.

• Gandhi and Godse - A Review and A Critique
What remains of Nathuram Godse is the statement he gave in his own defence during the trial, on 8 November 1948. After the statement was read in court, its publication was prohibited. However, after the release of Godse's accomplices from prison in the 1960s, translation in Indian languages started appearing, and in 1977, Nathuram's brother Gopal published the English original under the cautious title May it please your honor. Nathuram Godse's defence statement is a historical document, and it should be discussed fully and fairly, in its historical context.

• Ram Janmabhoomi Vs. Babri Masjid - A Case Study in Hindu-Muslim Conflict
This book seeks to analyze different view points on the political conflict between the religions, especially between Hindus and Muslims.

• The Saffron Swastika - The Notion of Hindu Fascism (2-Volume Set)
In this book, Dr Koenraad Elst has presented his wide-ranging study of Fascism, Nazism, Communism and the Hindutva movement. He has drawn the conclusion that Hindu Fascism like Loch Ness monster is merely a combination of words which may produce some sound and fury but which signify no observed reality.

• Return Of The Swastika
The essays in this volume deal with different aspects of the relation or non-relation between Hinduism and National-Socialism, and about the discourse that either mindlessly or maliciously posits such a relation.

• Asterisk In Bharopiyasthan - Minor Writings on the Aryan Invasion Debate
Unlike many books on the Aryan Invasion debate, the present collection of papers does not promise to terminate the debate with a final judgment. It merely puts on record a number of arguments developed in recent years.

• Who is a Hindu ?
This scholarly work examines Hindu revivalist views of Animism, Buddhism, Sikhism and other offshoots of Hinduism.

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