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South Asia Multidisciplinary Academic Journal, 2020 In this article we examine blood as a medium and metaphor for Hindutva’s political transactions. Specifically, we identify three ways in which blood operates in Hindutva thought and practice.
Dwaipayan Banerjee, Jacob Copeman
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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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Vigilante Publics: Orientalism, Modernity and Hindutva Fascism in India [PDF]
Javnost, 2018 This paper explores the interconnections of Hindutva fascist repertoires in India and quasi-orientalist discourses. History and common sense are re-written through audiovisual communications to appeal to one section of a dangerously split Indian public ...
Shakuntala Banaji
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The place of Hindutva in contemporary Indian politics [PDF]
Međunarodna politika, 2023 The subject of analysis in this paper is the Hindutva phenomenon as the ideological basis of the Bharatiya Janata Party, the ruling political party in India.
Veljko Đogatović, Zoran Krstić
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Restoring Communal Harmony in India: A Critical Analysis of Wahiduddin Khan’s Ideas [PDF]
International Journal of Islamic Thought, 2023 Since India’s independence and partition from Pakistan, the relationship between Hindus and Muslims has been marked by continuous conflict and mutual distrust. The effects of the British divide and rule strategy that pitted Muslims and Hindus against one
Khalil Ahmad
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Hindu Nationalism, Gurus and Media
Religions, 2023 This commentary offers a reflection on the triangular interactive relationship between Hindutva, gurus and media. It suggests that Hindu nationalists understand gurus to be a specific form of valued Hindu cultural good, which helps to explain mediatised ...
Jacob Copeman +2 more
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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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Sprawy Międzynarodowe, 2021 Muslims, India’s largest minority group, have often found themselves excluded from the country’s mainstream political power circles. The historically constructed clash between Muslims and Hindus has been used by the members of the far right – such as the
Natalia Zajączkowska
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Hindu Nationalism and Rising Anti-Islamism in India
Medya ve Din Araştırmaları Dergisi, 2023 The weakening of the secular tradition, which has been influential in Indian political life since its inception, and the political rise of the Hindu right culminated in the overwhelming mandate of the Hindu nationalist BJP led by Narendra Modi in the ...
Fatma Sarıaslan
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Identifying Themes of Right-Wing Extremism in Hindutva Discourse on Twitter
Social Media + Society, 2023 Hindutva, the core political ideology of India’s current ruling party, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), seeks to transform constitutionally secular India into a Hindu Rashtra (“Hindu nation”).
Piyush Ghasiya +2 more
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