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Hindutva appropriations of indigeneity
Hindu nationalists frequently anoint themselves the Indigenous people of India. This identity claim—informed by upper-caste sensibilities and a core part of Hindutva mythology—is misleading and harmful to numerous minoritized Indian...
Skyping secularism: Religion and multiple modernities
by Thomas Alberts...destructive vis-à-vis the overarching goal of promoting liberal democracy in each case? I was particularly struck by Chakrabarty’s discussion of the role of Indian peasants in the political process. As...
The neocolonial futurism of US Hindutva
...a systemic effort to “to dismantle Indian civilization and heritage by waging an uncompromising war against India’s government, educational institutions, culture, industry, and society.” In this essay, I show the...
Interrogating caste privilege from within
...India’s histories of religions, politics, and British coloniality as well as the histories of Indian immigration to the United States. Over time, my research began to center on how the...
Secularism and Hindutva histories
by Supriya Gandhi...majoritarian policies and sentiments that the present government promotes. Critics of Modi’s brand of religious nationalism penned somber reflections on Indian democracy, often lamenting the decline of secularism and the...
George Lakoff on The Obama Code
by Ruth Braunstein...the Obama Code. For the sake of unity, the President tends to express his moral vision indirectly. Like other self-aware and highly articulate speakers, he connects with his audience using...
Violence, publicity, and sovereignty
by Arvind Rajagopal...most famous of which was the East India Company, whose lawless incursions provoked the demand for the rule of law. Today we are once more at a time when lawless...
Translating “courts” cautiously
...that need to be considered. Here I will draw out some translation lessons that my work on Indian dar ul qazas—often characterized as “Muslim courts”—has brought into relief. In India,...
Gandhi’s birthday and the American religious left
...develop strategies inspired by the Indian independence movement, but only after they understood how Indian moral sources worked in the Indian context. For instance, in the wake of his initial...