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Emerging Hindu Rashtra and Its Impact on Indian Muslims

Religions, 2021
This article examines the impact of the gradual Hindutvaization of Indian culture and politics on Indian Muslims. The article contrasts the status of Muslims in the still secular, pluralistic, and democratic constitution of India with the rather ...
M. A. Muqtedar Khan, Rifat Binte Lutful
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Purifying the nation : the Arya Samaj in Gujarat 1895-1930 [PDF]

, 2007
This article examines the impact of the Arya Samaj in Gujarat from 1895 to 1930. Although the founder of this body, Dayanand Saraswati, was from Gujarat, it proved less popular there initially than in the Punjab.
Hardiman, David
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Human rights and secularism in conflict with Hindutva: the Water controversy

Antropologia Portuguesa, 2023
This article analyses tension between human rights (including secularism) and Hindutva, the Hindu nationalists’ discourse. Particular focus is put on women’s rights and the right to freedom of expression and dissent in India using the film Water and the
Amit Singh
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Secularism in the shadow of Hindutva: Religion and the 2019 and 2024 Indian general elections [PDF]

Srpska Politička Misao
This study explores the impact of Hindu nationalism on the concept of secularism in India, with a particular focus on the general elections held in 2019 and 2024.
Đogatović Veljko M.
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The Political Economy of Religion and Politics in India [PDF]

, 2016
The paper will examine the dramatic rise of the right-wing Hindu organisations in India, especially since the 1990s. Most prominent among these organisations are RSS, BJP, VHP, Bajang Dal and Shiv Sena.
Siddiqui, Kalim
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The Transgender Nation and its Margins: The Many Lives of the Law

South Asia Multidisciplinary Academic Journal, 2019
In a 2014 judgment, the Supreme Court of India affirmed the right of every Indian citizen to choose their gender identity regardless of gender affirmation surgery.
Sayan Bhattacharya
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TRANSFORMATION OF INDIAN NATIONALISM AND ‘OTHERIZATION’ OF MUSLIMS IN INDIA

Margalla Papers, 2021
India has altered its military stratagem under the Modi government from nuclear deterrence to offensive defence. The constant use of offensive defence in the milieu of deliberate political aggression against Pakistan and victimization of the Muslim ...
Aisha Shahzad, Sadia Mahmood Falki, Asma Sana Bilal   +2 more
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Book Review: \u3cem\u3ePublic Hinduisms\u3c/em\u3e [PDF]

, 2013
A review of Public Hinduisms edited by John Zavos, Pralay Kanungo, Deepa S.
Pati, George
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Is BJP Conservative?

Politeja, 2019
This article will consider whether the Bharatiya Janata Party (the BJP), the party currently ruling India, may be considered conservative. The author will use Swapan Dasgupta’s 2015 lecture on conservatism as a starting point for further deliberations ...
Krzysztof Iwanek
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Hindutva’s Dangerous Rewriting of History

South Asia Multidisciplinary Academic Journal, 2020
Hindu nationalists are heavily invested in rewriting Indian history to advance their modern and unrepentantly hateful political agenda. Hindu nationalism or Hindutva is a political ideology that advocates Hindu supremacy, specifically over Muslims who ...
Audrey Truschke
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