Archeology and epigraphy

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The North - South Rhetoric is a War against Hindu Dharma in Disguise writes ⁦@dharmadispatch⁩

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The most overlooked, under-analysed and alarming phenomenon of the last decade is the swift and thorough transformation of the Congress party as both a hub and a vehicle of the global Extreme Left. My latest column.

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How the Nehruvian establishment aided and abetted by Marxists masquerading as historians destroyed Indian epigraphy

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[PDF] Buddhist fascination? Some notes on cultural archeology during the British Raj

M Varini - Journal of Asian Civilizations, 2023

The following pages present an overview on the archeological history in the Indian Subcontinent. This paper will also underline a few problematic terms and concepts, unavoidably incurred during the research: the use of the term Civilization, the …

[HTML] Feminist counter-authoritarian political agency: Muslim girls re-generating politics in India

S Hussain - Women's Studies International Forum, 2024

Drawing on ‘voices’ of Muslim girls reported in a purposive sample of media, this research presents Muslim girls' responses to the impossible choice between right to education and vs. religion, following the hijab ban in the colleges in Karnataka, India …

[PDF] PRESS PRESS

B Sankeralli

Academic Freedom:“Because the freedom of inquiry is essential to the principles of academia at the heart of the vision and mission of SATC, instructors and students at SATC have the freedom to teach or communicate ideas and/or facts without fear or …

Knowledge, nation, and colour in documentary photography

J Stallabrass - Art and knowledge after 1900, 2023

The object imposes its appearance, like a sheet of glass, between itself and the observer. The glass may be so frosted that we are left in doubt as to the character, or even the existence, of what lies behind it: or it may be so transparent that we hardly …

Indigenous Religious Rights in India

V Xaxa - International Perspective on Indigenous Religious …, 2023

… Meanwhile, the RSS and the larger Sangh Parivar movement speak in terms of the Vanvasi (which means forest dwellers), a choice that reflects an ideological commitment to Hindutva (political Hinduism as the foundational principle of the …

16 Culture-centered Approach to Risk Communication

MJ Dutta - Communicating Risk and Safety, 2023

This chapter offers an overview of the culture-centered approach (CCA) to risk communication, situating risk amidst the interpenetrating relationship between racial capitalism and colonialism, and putting forth a decolonizing register for decentering …

Chandragupta Maurya: The Creation of a National Hero in India by Sushma Jansari

D Arnold - Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History, 2023

… She expresses concern at the partisan misreading of ancient history but treats Chandragupta as if his were a unique case rather than exemplifying a trend common to colonial, nationalist and Hindutva historiography. What about the …

Mammo and Projections of the Muslim Woman: Indian Parallel Cinema, Partition and Belonging

O Ahmed

… the family, and the fact that his place is never recovered, points to Hindutva’s subjugation of the Muslim male. Recovery is a key theme in … The device of recovery at a time when Muslims were increasingly under attack in the mainstream …

[PDF] Introduction: Populism, Political Communication and Performative Leadership

C Lacatus, G Meibauer, G Löfflmann

Who speaks for “the people"? Populists across the globe have mobilised this question to attack liberal institutions, political opponents, and the democratic process itself, communicating a political reality in which globalist elites have …

[HTML] “The State is the Biggest Goonda”: Civic Masculinity, Radical Victimhood, and Power in Bhim Army Discourse

S Kulshreshth - South Asia Multidisciplinary Academic Journal, 2023

This paper explores the emergence of the Bhim Army, a Dalit-led social movement in North India that has gained significant political influence in recent years. In doing so, it develops the idea of “boss power” as a cultural repertoire in North India …

"Why Should My Life Be a Sacrifice to One Man?": The Paradoxes of Dalit Militancy in Malika Amar Shaikh's Memoir I Want to Destroy Myself

D Bargi - Journal of Narrative Theory, 2023

… However, what remains of such experiments with militancy is a rich oeuvre of poetry and literature, to which people return in times of political crisis, as the current resurgence of the Dalit Panthers in times of Hindutva suggests. …

The Political Outsider: Indian Democracy and the Lineages of Populism

S Roy - 2024

… Hindu nationalist or Hindutva ideology configured the nation as an ethno-religiously homogeneous and territorially bounded "imagined community," and mobilized supporters using "blood and soil" discourses of belonging, inclusion, and exclusion …

University and resistance: New state and new struggles

RA Peerzada, A Sharma, S Kannan - Human Geography, 2023

Resistance movements in India have often found support and sustenance within universities that have offered profound association, critical engagement, expertise, camaraderie, and, in some cases, even leadership. Working within the structural …

[PDF] Religious freedom and the subversive adaptation of Christian converts from Hinduism

AV John - The International Journal for Religious Freedom (IJRF), 2023

… [E]ither they embrace Hindutva or the Dalit Bahujan’s solidarity with the Dalit movement. Just as many converts to Christianity will Chris- … In short, if “Hinduism” as an epistemological category originates within the colonial framework, “Hindutva” …

Exploring cultural trauma: psychology of muslim migrants, culture and beliefs in post 9/11 America

MS Ahmad, MA Hussain, NP Azari - Current Psychology, 2023

This paper explores the subject matter of nativism and cultural trauma of Muslim migrants after 9/11 in Western countries in the novel Exit West (2017) by Mohsin Hamid through the lens of cultural trauma theory (Alexander, Jeffrey et al., 2004) …

[PDF] HISTORIOGRAPHY OF EXCLUSION: TRACING THE IMPACT OF COLONIAL RULE ON MUSLIM MARGINALIZATION IN BRITISH INDIA

A Kazmi - 2023

This thesis explores the historical roots of Muslim marginalization in British India, emphasizing the transformative impact of colonial rule on socio-political dynamics. It delves into the historiographical narratives that have shaped understanding of this …