Hindutva
-
Browncast : Karnataka hijab issue
Nachiketa introduces a podcast on Karnataka’s hijab issue as worth having despite digressions. He argues that India’s portrayal in global media must be confronted, blaming Indian-origin interlocutors more than foreign…
-
The Dravidaryan Invasion Theory
The Emissary examines what he calls the Dravidaryan invasion theory, arguing that the Aryan-versus-Dravidian story is a half-truth shaped by politics, from Periyar’s movement to Hindutva’s claims of indigeneity, and…
-
The Lavanya suicide and journalistic priorities
Nachiketa, calling it a rant, criticises a News Minute piece on a girl’s suicide for putting Hindutva’s spread and Christian forgiveness ahead of what actually happened to her, and says…
-
Allies on the Right
Razib Khan replies to Sarah Haider and Tanner Greer about his disavowal of the online Hindu Right, saying that if people are against him, he is against them.
-
Academic freedom, Hinduism, and the end of the age
Razib Khan calls a news report on US scholars of South Asia under pressure from Hindu nationalist groups a mishmash that dwells on sensational activists. He accepts many are illiberal…
-
What do Hindu nationalists think of the Taliban? Do they envy them?
Prompted by Instagram political memes, the author asks whether Hindu nationalists envy the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan and how they really feel about it.
-
Hindutva, Asabiya and Apostacy
The author questions comparisons between Hindutva anger over beef-eating and Islamic takfir, arguing that Brahmanical orthodoxy mostly policed ritual purity rather than politics, but that apostasy-style memes could arise within…
-
Hindutvavadis are not Bhakts
Using the Marathi devotional tale of Gora Kumbhar, an atheist author criticises the core idea of Bhakti, comparing the trance of devotion to drug intoxication, with a title that distinguishes…
-
Book Review- Sanghi Who Never Went to a Shakha: Anatomy of Polarization
A review of Rahul Roushan’s memoir Sanghi Who Never Went to a Shakha, which traces his move from indifference to his Hindu identity to wholesale acceptance of it and a…
-
Browncast: Koenrad Elst, Indologist and Hindu Nationalist
In a BP podcast, two hosts talk to Indologist Koenraad Elst, described as a supporter of right-wing Hindutva politics, about his understanding of Hinduism and Hindu identity, touching on the…
