Topic: Hindutva
Indian Americans protest Hindutva figure Sadhvi Ritambhara’s visit to US
More than 100 Indian Americans protested outside the venue of an event that featured Sadhvi Rithambra, a Hindutva figure, at Norcross, a city near Atlanta on Wednesday.
“We lynched five persons so far;” Rajasthan BJP leader caught on camera
Bharatiya Janata Party’s Rajasthan leader and former MLA Gyan Dev Ahuja was recorded on video urging a crowd to kill persons involved in cow slaughter. He is also heard saying that his supporters have so far “lynched five persons”.
On I-Day, Hindutva groups in US march with bulldozers, carry “Baba ka Bulldozer” banner
Men and women belonging to the Hindutva groups in New Jersey in the United States were seen marching with bulldozers on India's Independence Day. Photographs of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh Yogi Adityanath were also found on the bulldozers.
Critics of Hindutva don’t need “absolutist Islam” as Scapegoat
To criticize Hindutva without bringing an analogy to Islam or its over-emphasized proscribing structures is seemingly an anathema for liberal scholars. The trope of...
BJP leader arrested after woman says she was ‘hired’ to accuse Muslim man of ‘love jihad’
Two men including a BJP leader were arrested after a Delhi woman has accused them of having hired her to frame a Muslim man in a ‘love jihad’ and rape case in Uttar Pradesh’s Kasganj.
While #BanBakraEid trends on Twitter, Indian media adds fuel to fire
While the Muslims in India celebrate Eid al-Adha, the festival of sacrifice, Hindu nationalists have started running a hashtag — #BanBakraEid on Twitter. The hashtag topped the twitter feeds and was trending at number one for some days around the festival of Eid al-Adha or famously known as Bakrid in India.
