2021 September 10-12: Dismantling Global Hindutva Conference.
Coverage in The Guardian, al Jazeera, and The Quint. It was discussed during a congressional briefing, with a recording on youtube. Statement from PEN America. This from Religion News Service and Washington Post. Here us Anand Patwardhan in Scroll. This from DAWN: https://www.dawn.com/news/1644980
This post-conference artivlrd The Print, Himmat, Washington Post, Frontline, and the Caravan.
MEDIA Coverage of the conference:
Hinduphobia is a smokescreen for Hindu nationalists: Hindus do experience racism, but co-opting the term to critique a conference on Hindu nationalism doesn’t help.
Hinduphobia Is Being Weaponized For The Defense of Hindutva
9/11, 1893: When Swami Vivekananda Spoke of a Tolerant Hinduism at the World Parliament of Religions in Chicago
Defying Death Threats, Massive Pressure, US Conference Debates Spectre of Hindutva
https://clarionindia.net/defying-death-threats-unprecedented-pressure-us-conference-debates-spectre-of-hindutva/
What Hindutva Really Is and Why It’s Risky to Debate It
Not content with policing Indian universities, the Sangh parivar now wants to dictate what can and cant be discussed abroad.
https://thewire.in/politics/what-hindutva-really-is-and-why-its-risky-to-debate-it
‘RSS Used Digital Tech to Adapt’: Jaffrelot at Dismantling Global Hindutva Event
According to French Political Scientist Christophe Jaffrelot, the RSS used digital techniques to their advantage
https://www.thequint.com/news/dismantling-global-hindutva-multidisciplinary-perspectives-dgh-a-three-day-global-scholarly-conference-begins#read-more
Despite Several Attempts To Stop It ‘Dismantling Global Hindutva’ Conference, Begins In The US On Friday
https://thecognate.com/despite-several-attempts-to-stop-it-dismantling-global-hindutva-conference-begins-in-the-us-on-friday/
Explained: What is the ‘Dismantling Global Hindutva Conference’, and why has it triggered a row?
Titled ‘Dismantling Global Hindutva Conference’, the virtual conference seeks to look into issues relating to the Hindu supremacist ideology from a scholarly perspective.
https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/global-hindutva-conference-us-7501478/
Academics debate Hindu nationalism, RSS-led bodies counter with Hinduphobia charges (Economic Times calls HAF an RSS led group)
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/academics-debate-hindu-nationalism-rss-led-bodies-counter-with-hinduphobia-charges/articleshow/86122416.cms
ARCHIVED VERSION: https://web.archive.org/save/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/academics-debate-hindu-nationalism-rss-led-bodies-counter-with-hinduphobia-charges/articleshow/86122416.cms
Hindutva movement’s massive effort to silence dissent and restrict Academic freedom decried
https://www.theindianpanorama.news/unitedstates/hindutva-movements-massive-effort-to-silence-dissent-and-restrict-academic-freedom-decried/
2004 David Ludden’s Archive of Hindutva in the US, based at Penn.
The RSS at Penn … The RSS at SAIS-JHU … and the aftermath
What is Hindutva? Some Answers: Indolink. Ashis Nandy. BJP. FOIL., HVK. Vinay Lal
CLASSIC TEXTS: MS Golwalkar, Bunch of Thoughts, Integral Humanism, on excellent Hindubooks.org website with long list of important Hindutva authors and texts
2004 Lok Sabha Election Results and Aftermath: Commentary ……Indian Elections CoverageWebsite ……BJP Hindutva Campaign Flops
Updates from the inside: HVK archive. ……Go to Google and Search for Hindutva for lots of good hits ……http://www.hindunet.org/forum/……BJP.org……Hindu History ……Hindutva.org……The Sword of Truth……
Ashok Singhal threats……Articles by Koendraad Elst
Recent News: “Making America Hindu” – see Ghadar essay by Ra Ravishankar and Shefali Chandra.
Arun Shourie’s series in Indian Express: on demographic anxiety about Muslims in Indian border regions around Bangladesh. [compare US right-wing anxiety over Mexicans on the border, and in Mexafornia!]
HEADLINES:
Six missionaries injured in mob attack. The Hindu, India – Sep 25, 2004. http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/holnus/001200409252121.htm
RSS men held for attacking missionaries. Times of India, India – Sep 27, 2004. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/864589.cms
Deccan Herald – September 28, 2004 | Editorial
RELIGIOUS INTOLERANCE
Seven Christian missionaries were attacked allegedly by RSS workers at a Scheduled Caste colony on Saturday in Kerala, for providing material assistance to a Dalit family. This certainly indicates a growing trend of religious intolerance in the country and in the state. The missionaries were targeted allegedly for their attempt to proselytise Hindus. Hindu fundamentalist groups have been active in the state for a long time and there have been many cases of violence and breach of peace in the recent past. The acts of violence only discredit the state of Kerala which enjoys the highest literacy rate in the country. The concept of conversion through coercion has a fundamental flaw, especially in a democracy, since citizens are endowed with their own free will and have to decide about their choice of religion. Moreover, unlike in a totalitarian system, they have a right to freedom of expression to highlight coercion, if any.
Orissa, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh have also witnessed religious violence in recent times. For instance, there was the killing of an of an Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two sons in Orissa five years ago. An American missionary, Bishop Joseph W Cooper, who belongs to an evangelist denomination, was attacked in January 2003 in Kerala for similar reasons and was asked to leave the country. The victims of religious violence in Kerala include a Kenyan national who, like Cooper, entered the country on a tourist visa. Some arrests have been made in connection with the attack on the missionaries last week and there is need for investigation to unravel the full conspiracy. It is for the state government to ensure that there is complete religious freedom in the state and all those responsible for the attack are brought to book. The free exchange of spiritual messages should transcend national boundaries and people should have the unfettered right to pursue the religion of their choice. India is traditionally known for its tolerance and hospitality for every major religious stream running through the country from Judaism to Christianity and Islam to Zoroastrianism. There is need to be vigilant against attempts to vitiate this great tradition