Hindutva
Hinduphobia is a smokescreen for Hindu nationalists
By Feminist Critical Hindu Studies Collective — September 10, 2021
(RNS) — Hindus do experience racism, but co-opting the term to critique a conference on Hindu nationalism doesn't help.
An American Jew turned Hindu holy woman tells her story
By Yonat Shimron — September 9, 2021
(RNS) — Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati quit her Ph.D. program, divorced her husband, moved to India and became a Hindu renunciate. In her new memoir she reveals a past life of sex abuse and bulimia.
Conference fuels growing US debate over Hindu nationalism
By Joseph Hammond — September 8, 2021
(RNS) — Critics of the Dismantling Global Hindutva conference say it is an exercise in Hinduphobia.
Ex-Muslims in India find solidarity online as they face social and familial rejection
By Bhavya Dore — August 10, 2021
MUMBAI, India (RNS) — ‘We needed a place to belong, a safe space to be ourselves.’ Ex-Muslims are driven by a particular need to articulate their disentanglement from their religion and not simply turn atheist.
India can still turn the tide back toward democracy
By David Curry — July 15, 2021
(Open Doors) — For years, extremist ideologues have dominated India’s executive branch and legislature. Now, the judicial system has fallen.
Hindutva’s threat to academic freedom
By Ananya Chakravarti, Purnima Dhavan, Manan Ahmed, Supriya Gandhi, Dheepa Sundaram, Audrey Truschke, and Simran Jeet Singh — July 7, 2021
(RNS) — The Hindu right has attacked U.S.-based scholars for the past few decades, attempting to dissuade and discredit academic research.
Confessions of a reluctant Hindu
By Bidisha Biswas — June 8, 2021
(RNS) — Is it possible to be a Hindu and reject caste? For me, the answer is yes. Hinduism is a living religion, and Hindus can reform their religion by the very act of living out the changes we seek.
For Indian American Hindus, loving India doesn’t mean holding back our criticism
By Khyati Y. Joshi — June 2, 2021
(RNS) — We must examine how ethnic pride results in soft-pedaling our criticism of the Indian government.
Our critics’ attempts to silence us are harming all Hindu Americans
By Suhag Shukla — May 24, 2021
(RNS) — Our critics exhibit a tribalism that is causing real, measurable harm to Hindu Americans.
My fellow Hindus sued me for raising alarms about Hindu supremacy
By Sunita Viswanath — May 20, 2021
(RNS) — My only offense is offering an inclusive and egalitarian Hindu voice in the U.S.
Hindu American Foundation files defamation suit against Hindu rights nonprofit
By Mythili Sampathkumar — May 20, 2021
(RNS) — By taking legal action, HAF has essentially taken issue with being associated with Hindutva, a term used to describe Hindu nationalists and those who conflate being Indian with being Hindu.
President Trump failed to challenge India on religious freedom. Will Biden follow suit?
By David Curry — May 10, 2021
(RNS) — Biden the candidate promised to protect religious freedom. But Biden the president seems to have chosen a similar approach to India as his predecessor.
Why Hindu nationalists are attacking Sikhs in Australia
By Simran Jeet Singh — March 11, 2021
(RNS) — Hindu nationalists outside India are now terrorizing Sikhs in response to the historic farmer protests.
The problem with India’s ‘love jihad’ laws
By Sumit Ganguly — January 27, 2021
(The Conversation) — The Hindu nationalist-led government is reviving opposition to religious conversion that goes back to British India.
Hindu nationalists see Muslim jihad everywhere in India
By Bhavya Dore — October 5, 2020
(RNS) — The Quran's concept of the term 'jihad' is being framed as a conspiracy against India's Hindu majority.
