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An Idiom for India: Hindustani and the Limits of the Language Concept [PDF]
, 2017 This essay explores the cultural legacy of Hindustani, which names the intimate overlap between two South Asian languages, Hindi and Urdu. Hindi and Urdu have distinct religious identities, national associations and scripts, yet they are nearly identical
Madhumita Lahiri
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Caste criminalisation in South India and permanent migration to Fiji, 1903–1927
Asia‐Pacific Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract Does the official criminalisation of a group lead to permanent out‐migration? In the early 20th century, British officials in south India designated multiple castes as inherently criminal under the Criminal Tribes Act (CTA). The CTA required police registration and could force entire groups into special settlements.
Alexander Persaud
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Rising Gender Inequities: The Case of Authoritarian Patriarchy
Journal of Social Equity and Public Administration, 2023 In 2014, India elected a populist government, the Bharatiya Janata Party, headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In line with other populist leaders, such as the former U.S. President, Donald J.
Meghna Sabharwal
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American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract The rise of social media in the digital era poses unprecedented challenges to authoritarian regimes that aim to influence public attitudes and behaviors. To address these challenges, we argue that authoritarian regimes have adopted a decentralized approach to produce and disseminate propaganda on social media.
Yingdan Lu +3 more
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Hinduism and Hindu Nationalism: From the Editor’s Desk
ReligionsThe essays included in this collection critically engage with the vexed question of relating Hinduism to Hindu nationalism [...]
Amiya P. Sen
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The nation‐state, non‐Western empires, and the politics of cultural difference
American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract While empires have been central to political theory, they almost always refer to Western forms of imperialism and colonialism to which non‐Western societies are subject. But precolonial empires have ruled much of the world for much of known history. Building on recent International Relations (IR) scholarship, this article reconstructs an ideal
Loubna El Amine
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South Asia Multidisciplinary Academic Journal, 2020 Many aspects of the contemporary transnationalization of Hinduism have already been well studied, such as long-distance nationalism or the sense of belonging to a transnational community, but very little attention has been paid to the ritual actors who ...
Pierre-Yves Trouillet
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Anthropology of Consciousness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This essay examines the controversy surrounding the Bhoot Vidya certificate program proposed by the Faculty of Ayurveda at Banaras Hindu University in 2019. Drawing on media coverage, curricular materials, and government policy, I analyze how the debate reveals broader tensions in the politics of contemporary Ayurveda, nationalism, and ...
Thomas Seibel
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The 'avenging angel' and the 'nurturing mother': women and Hindu nationalism
The South Asianist, 2015 Hindu nationalism presents Indian women with a variety of challenges and opportunities. This essay begins by looking at the historical origins of Hindu nationalism in the colonial period, particularly with respect to the role of women in this period of ...
Geetika Raman
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Humanities & Social Sciences CommunicationsThe article aims to explicate S. S. Rajamouli’s period film RRR: Rise Roar Revolt (2022) and Om Raut’s mythological film Adipurush (2023). The first film is a loose adaptation of the smriti epic Ramayana, whereas the latter one claims to stay faithful to
Akaitab Mukherjee
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