June 10, 2025

Majoritarian identity and democratic backsliding in India

Collated by Tusar Nath Mohapatra

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Advance Praise

M Levein
… Rooted in Dholera this book sharply brings out the intimate self-sustaining relationship between Hindutva and neoliberalism. By showing us how the ‘actually existing state’ functions, we come to understand afresh, as an interlocutor from …

Thing About Thugs, The, by Tabish Khair

W Hamid - Encyclopedic Dictionary of Diasporic Indian English …
… The Twice Born is a memoir, dealing with identity crisis and his quest for authenticity by studying Sanskrit, Hinduism, and Hindutva. He uses the outsider European gaze that has become a part of his psychology to see India and himself to …

Cinemas of the Global South: Menon, Dilip M., and Amir Taha (eds).: Cinemas of the Global South: Toward a Southern Esthetics. Oxford and New York: Routledge …

AS Mututa - 2025
… They divulge the collaboration between mainstream Indian cinema, ie Bollywood, and mainstream Hindutva politics. State censorship of film assumes that “every structure has a singular meaning, which can be arbitrated by the censor.” It throttles …

[PDF] India's Use of Yoga in Diplomacy

L Otto - The Review of Faith & International Affairs, 2025
Yoga, broadly popular in the West, is one of India’s most ubiquitous cultural exports and has been increasingly utilized by India in its diplomatic efforts to advance its foreign policy goals. India is considered to have extensive soft power owing to its …

[PDF] Illustrating Ramayana: Theorizing the Glocal

S Mondal
This paper argues that Indian Indigenous collaborative graphic narratives should be identified as glocal products—cultural objects shaped by and shaping both local and global forces. A sociocultural analysis of select publications by Tara Books—an …

Theorizing Foreign Policy: An Invitation from India

S Mallavarapu - Studies in Indian Politics, 2025
This Special Issue (SI) is an invitation to think theoretically about Indian foreign policy. For long, there has been an underlying premise that sound theoretical work has been absent when it comes to thinking about Indian foreign policy. This is no longer …

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S Dave - Conflict Management in Nonprofits: Volume 2 …, 2025
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[PDF] Islamophobia, Populism and Peace in the Perspective of Relinquished Financial European Economies: A Systematic Review

HA RAWOOF
… At the same time, intellectuals in Europe engaged with Hindutva ideologues. Since India’s independence in 1947, Hindutva has been instrumental in nation-building and constructing a majoritarian identity in India. Hindutva actors view violence as a …

The Sociocultural Component of India's Democratic Backsliding

M Mishali-Ram - Asian Studies Review, 2025
This study examines democratic backsliding in India through the lens of political culture. It offers a framework for understanding democratic decline by analysing the interplay between the ruling elite and society. The focus is on aspects of Indian …

“Except for brahmins”: caste, epideictic, and rhetorical world-making

S Kazi - Quarterly Journal of Speech, 2025
… Hindutva “mobs of men waving batons, sticks and saffron flags […] threw stones and Molotov cocktails at the arriving Dalits, burnt cars and … his tomb was vandalized by goons just a few days before the escalated Hindutva attacks of …

[PDF] BJP and the 2024 Parliamentary Elections: Strategies, Voter Engagement, and Electoral Outcomes in Contemporary India

SD Sonika - … International Journal of Advanced Research in Arts & …, 2025
This article examines the strategy methodologies, voter mobilisation techniques, and electoral results of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the 2024 Parliamentary Elections, using a qualitative research approach. The research conducts a …

[PDF] IJAS Iranian Journal of Asian Studies

IY Zafar
… The BJP's promotion of Hindutva, a form of Hindu nationalism, has influenced educational … emphasis on Hindutva in educational settings presents a different but equally concerning … Extremism: In India, the rise of Hindu nationalist extremism …

Indigeneity and Culture—Religion, Festivals, Art and Craft

D De - Indigenous Peoples and the Politics of Indigeneity in …, 2025
… The institutionalisation of dominant religious ideas like Christianity at the initial period and later Hindutva in a way invaded the earliest indigenous world and worldview. A reverse case of institutionalisation can be witnessed here in the …

Indigenous Activism—Global and Local

D De - Indigenous Peoples and the Politics of Indigeneity in …, 2025
… The plurality of political ideologies is also playing fair and with the rise of Hindutva ideology the internal strife among the activists and indigenous leaders has begotten distrust and clashes. Nevertheless, the Hindutva force has to adjust their …

[PDF] Religious Xenophobia and Casteism in India's Futures in Dystopian Fiction

S Jain - Literature & Aesthetics, 2025
The caste system is an ancient structure of society which still has its roots spread in the Indian social sphere. However, its ancient foundation based on profession, or what Dr BR Ambedkar called the ‘division of labour,’ has been shifted to the rigidity …

The Complex Afterlife of Alternative Colonial Experiences in India

H Jørgensen - The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Cultural Heritage and …, 2025
Colonial heritage in India is predominantly perceived through the lens of the dominant British Empire, both nationally and internationally. The well-known engagement with the British is, however, far from the only colonial legacy that …

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In an era marked by existential crises and a search for deeper meaning, spiritual intelligence (SQ) has emerged as a critical dimension of human potential, complementing traditional intelligence and emotional well-being measures. This …

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R Wasserstorm, S Racism - Torture
Course Objectives: 1. To explain the nature, functions and importance of NSS. 2. To explain the role of NSS in the context of youth, community and voluntary service. 3. To develop the necessary communication and soft skills. 4. To appreciate the …

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