Hindu Nationalism

A leaked UK Home document report lists Hindu nationalism and Khalistani extremism as among nine identified threats, citing concerns over violence, radicalisation, and rising nationalist sentiments

Two types of extremism with their origins in the Indian subcontinent -- pro-Khalistan extremism and Hindu nationalist extremism -- have been flagged as threats to understand in a leaked report into the UK government's Extremism Review'. Extremely Confused: The government's new counter-extremism review revealed', authored by Andrew Gilligan and Dr Paul Scott for the Policy Exchange think tank released earlier this week, claims 'Hindu nationalist extremism' has found a mention in such a review for the first time. UK Home Office Security Minister Dan Jarvis told the House of Commons on Tuesday that it was not entirely clear which version of the report was leaked and stressed that its claims did not represent government policy. It follows Home Secretary Yvette Cooper ordering a Rapid Analytical Sprint' last August to determine the Labour government's policy on extremism. As per the leaked report, the longest section is labelled Understand and lists nine types of extremism in the follow

Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi criticises Modi government's Hindu stance, Agniveer scheme, and misuse of agencies such as the ED in Lok Sabha

The US of late has seen a rise in Hinduphobia which needs to be fought because there is no place for hatred in this country, Indian-American Congressman Shri Thanedar has said, as he joined a group of Hindu leaders and organisations seeking to fight this growing hate crime against the community. Representatives of various Indian American groups met on Wednesday at the US Capitol during a meeting organised by HinduAction. "We see a lot of Hindu phobia. We see California SB403 (the bill banning caste discrimination), and that's just the beginning. The attacks on our temples and attacks on Hindus all over the world. That is one of the reasons why I decided to form the Hindu Caucus, Thanedar said. For the first time in the United States Congress, we have a Hindu Caucus. Number of initiatives we are taking to ensure that people have religious freedom to practice their religion the way they want to and not be, we need to fight this phobia, bigotry, and hatred. Because there should be no .

Dr Jaffrelot provides the historical process by which lynch mobs have come to be idolised and how brigades of angry young Hindus have been raised

'Yogi Adityanath as an MP from Gorakhpur maintained a distance from the RSS and ran his show through the Hindu Yuva Vahini', said Chaturvedi

The subject of Hindu civilisation has acquired in India a new political idiom, especially in recent years

Sedition law needs to be observed in letter and spirit

Book review of Republic of Hindutva: How the Sangh is Reshaping Indian Democracy

A country as diverse as ours needs a political culture rooted in constitutional values and political discourse based on truth, respect, civility, and restraint

All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen want to confront Hindu nationalism "with Indian Constitution and Indian nationalism", said the party chief Asaduddin Owaisi, in Ahmedabad on Sunday

The author concludes that it is necessary to build healthy alternatives to the kinds of rabid ethnic nationalism that we see all around

In the first of a two-part series, the author talks about the form of nationalism that is being attempted to be dismantled by the Hindu nationalists

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

There is no effective counter to Hindu nationalism in politics and society in India today

As nationalism surges in India, cows are protected but minorities not so much

Every move Modi has made is directed single-mindedly at changing Hindu grievance to Hindu resurgence

With reference to the editorial, "Misinterpreting nationalism" (March 22), the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is returning to its Hindutva roots. This is clear from its political resolution, adopted at the recently concluded national executive meeting. The shift of emphasis from "development" to "nationalism" perhaps became necessary for the party, as its support base seemed to be dwindling.By consciously shedding the prefix "Hindu" from its core ideology of "Hindu nationalism", the BJP is trying to hide its real face. But given its adherence to the Hindutva ideology, it cannot repudiate "Hindu nationalism" replacing it with "Indian nationalism". The party of "hyper-nationalism" has now made chanting "Bharat Mata ki Jai" the marker and test of patriotism without expressly acknowledging or highlighting the depiction of the fair-skinned, multi-armed goddess as Bharat Mata in Hindutva iconography.A secular country, varied and explosive in its mix of race and religion, should be able to avoi