Hindutva
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The shadow of the crescent
Razib Khan argues that modern Indian and Hindu mentality, secularist or Hindutva, is shaped by a double colonial layer of Islamic and Western rule. He finds postcolonial theory unhelpful as…
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Hindutva need a Tariq Ramadan (without the rape allegations!)
Razib Khan argues that Hindu nationalists lack voices who are uncompromising yet fluent in Western philosophical and rhetorical language, as Tariq Ramadan was for conservative Islam. He doubts the claim…
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Modernization leading toward confessionalization
Taking up a reader comment that Hindu nationalism stems partly from the weakening of caste, Razib Khan argues that modernisation often produces stronger confessional identities, citing Eric Kaufmann on Islamism…
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Genetics, history, and identity in South Asia
Ahead of a conversation with Vagheesh Narasimhan, the author sets out his stance on South Asian genetics: he dislikes the tribal politics around it, finds some Hindu nationalist and some…
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Hindutva jumped the shark
The author reacts with shock to a man who claims to speak for Muslims because his children’s nanny is one, comparing it to the film The Help and arguing that…
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When Brownz don’t stand together; the Coloniser wins
After a World Cup without a South Asian finalist, the author argues that India’s wish to be ‘Western’ and its fixation on Pakistan hurt the subcontinent, and that peace needs…
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Browncast Ep 46: the Professor Devji Podcast
A BrownCast episode with Professor Devji on how the BJP mobilises votes, the coded language of ‘appeasement’, Hindutva’s aim of removing state control of Hinduism, how it frames caste politics,…
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BJP slips on Hindi; Tamil Nadu stands firm
Quoting Garga Chatterjee on how Hindi was pushed against Urdu in nineteenth-century Uttar Pradesh, the author argues that imposing Hindi is a bad idea and that Hindu nationalism, a many-headed…
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Browncast Episode 43: Indian Elections, the Aftermath, with Kushal Mehra
A BrownCast episode on the 2019 Indian election result with Kushal Mehra of the Carvaka Podcast, who thinks Modi’s win owed most to delivering benefits to the poorest, plus the…
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Unbelievable podcast with Prof. Devji
Reports recording a podcast with Professor Devji, praising his dense knowledge, and notes a friendly argument over calling Modi ‘Maharajah’, a royal habit Devji says Hindutva itself uses.
