#Hindutva

[certified-yapper-guy]

around a decade ago, there used to be a masjid near my house. residents of my society would constantly complain about the loudspeakers—so much so that the police eventually had to step in and take action. fair enough, i guess. if people were genuinely disturbed by the volume, it made sense for some regulation to happen.

fast forward a couple of years—some of the same residents who led those complaints got involved in illegally setting up a mandir inside the society premises through blatant land grabbing. there was even a court case against it. and yet, no police action. not only does this mandir operate completely unchecked, but now they use loudspeakers even more frequently and much louder than the masjid ever did. no one says a word. not during board exams, not at 5 in the morning, not when it’s clearly disturbing.

so like—where did all the noise pollution activists vanish? where did the righteous outrage go?

this isn’t about volume. it never was. it’s about selective outrage.

hypocrisy ki bhi seema hoti hai 🤷‍♀️

[timetravellingkitty]

everyday i see clueless westerners (especially white people) peddle thinly veiled hindutva propaganda which they wouldn't know cause they know absolutely nothing about what goes on in india. so here are some signs that that the person you're talking to is a hindu nationalist:

they either do not acknowledge casteism or claim that caste is a western construct. my personal favourite however is dismissing anyone bringing up caste discrimination by saying that the indian constitution outlaws untouchability. they may also bring up the fact that the prime minister belongs to an other backwards class (obc) so clearly india has moved on from caste and hindutva isn't only for the upper castes. they possess a shallow understanding of caste

harping on about "islamic colonisation" : no, the mughals did not colonise india. when you point this out, they will immediately assume that you think muslim invaders were innocent beings who did nothing wrong, which is very much not what anyone is claiming here

while we're on the topic of "islamic colonisation" they will also refer to the demolishing of muslim sites of heritage and worship and then building hindu temples over them as "decolonisation" (cough cough ram mandir) the hindu right also goes around pretending that they're the indigenous people of india

along a similar vein, they will dismiss islamophobia by bringing up instances of hindu oppression in countries like pakistan and bangladesh. it is true that hindus are persecuted in these two countries, however they are used to fuel their oppression complex, that their upper caste hindu self is under attack in india of all places (think a white christian in the united states). you should be in solidarity with minorities everywhere. it is neither transactional or conditional (note: they will never bring up sri lanka. persecution of hindus exists only when the oppressors are muslim)

claiming that hindu nationalism and hindutva are not the same because hindutva means "hindu-ness". that is only the literal translation of the term. like it or not, they're the same thing

they support the indian military occupation of kashmir. they will call it an integral part of kashmir, one reason which will be "hinduism is indigenous to kashmir." they will also bring up the last maharaja of kashmir signing the instrument of accession as further proof, as if the consent of the people was taken

they're zionists. do i even need to explain this. hindutva is just zionism for hindus

they refer to buddhism and jainism (sikhism too sometimes) as branches of hinduism rather than separate, distinct religions

they condemn any resistance to the indian govt as a burden or terrorism (like calling the farmers who are currently protesting a hindrance or terrorists. funny how sikhs are the same as hindus when they support hindu causes but terrorists when they resist oppression...)

they call you a pseudo liberal or a fake leftist. i'm telling you, they don't know jackshit. they can't even tell the difference between a liberal and a leftist and call US unread lmao. bonus points if they call you a liberandu or a sickular 💀

they call india "bharat" when they talk in english. there are in fact multiple indian languages that call india bharat or bharatam, but if they say bharat while talking in english, that is absolutely a hindu nationalist no questions asked

please do your due diligence. read up on hindutva. hindu nationalists have already started making gains in the united states, thanks to rich upper caste nris. do not fall for propaganda

[papenathys]

In light of the recent attack upon an elderly Muslim gentleman in India, who was assaulted by Hindu extremist sanghis on a train for carrying beef, here are more essays to read, demonstrating how the concept of "pure vegetarianism" in India cannot be separated from ideas of caste hierarchy, oppression of marginalized groups and how foods and diets of different groups are shaped as much by economic disparities as by belief and spirituality:

Note: I know this shall breach containment soon but yeah, white vegans, "pure" vegetarians, and sanghis don't touch this post.

[shehzadi]

the relationship between zionism, nazism, and hindutva in ‘hostile homelands’ by azad essa

[vaidehi-raghunatha]

Took 5 hrs and 2 attempts 😭💟✨

[curtwilde]

West bengal: Hindutva goons disrupt a prayer meeting hosted by a Christian family, forcibly plant a tulsi tree in their compound

Chattisgarh: Hindutva goons sing bhajans in front of a Christian family's house during the whole duration of their prayer meeting. The police arrest members of the family on false allegations of religious conversions.

[ritish16]

Mahakali Maa

[churail]

damn right

[certified-yapper-guy]

As someone who's a hindu, hindutva is seriously annoying. Sanghis will enforce their religion on every Indian, ban the consumption of meat because it's against their religion, hate and bully the lower castes, and bully people who speak against about anything like caste oppression. I'm a hindu but what I'm mostly annoyed is the caste oppression and the fact that the upper caste people will show of their caste everywhere. I'm from the NE of India and we clearly don't speak much about our castes since we don't see people from their caste but where I live now (not in NE India), it's so annoying to see the locals just boasting about it.

Hindu sanghis will clearly enforce your opinions and if you're against them, they'll bully you. They'll clearly talk about the oppression of Hindus but they'll never talk about their hypocrisy, like you can worship a goddess but you can also harass a woman, you can let your wife fast for your longevity but you abuse her. Even, for an example, you make a slight cute animation of them, they'll bully you because you've 'mocked' their religion (there was this one animator on youtube who made a cute animatic and hindutva people were bullying him; they clearly won't understand this simple innocence of this video).

There's a difference between Hinduism and Hindutva, and I don't think the former was about enforcing your religion. But I clearly hate the latter since it's a BJP propaganda (trust me, I also hate indian politics and I think all parties suck).

If you talk about their hypocrisy, it's clear 'hinduphobia'

Sorry if some parts were against your opinion 😖😖

yup.

ive seen enough to know that any organised religion is shit tbh.

theres a difference between religion and faith. the latter doesn't need to scream to prove itself

[timetravellingkitty]

https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Indian_alt-right_glossary

obviously I know the vast majority of these terms but

WHAT THE FUCK IS MARXSHALLAH 😭😭 DELHI HAS BEEN LIBERATED BY ALLIED FORCES

[annagxx]

Aaj mere Kanha ji ka janamdin hai hehe ❤️🥺

[shehzadi]

from the introduction to the new edition of ‘the other side of silence: voices from the partition of india’, urvashi butalia

[aahanna]

"ॐ श्रीम ह्रीम श्रीम कमले कमलालये प्रसीद प्रसीद ॐ श्रीम ह्रीम श्रीम महालक्ष्मियै नमः"

[ritish16]

Sri Rama Setu

[kailash-se-birha]

Just saw a tweet about ISKCON excommunicating their own kith and kin, Chinmoy Das. I know this is an unpopular opinion, but the low-key disgust I had for ISKCON is rapidly turning into high-key contempt. First of all, you are a cult that propagates an Abrahamised version of Sanatan Dharma, referring to all other deities as demi-gods, and on top of that, you don’t even adhere to the cult aspect properly—abandoning your own monk in the face of state persecution. I don’t know much about Gaudiya Vaishnavism, but the general pacifism that characterises the Vaishnav sampradaya has become both archaic and orthodox. Coming back to ISKCON—the delusion these people live in is baffling. I had a friend in college who was deep down the ISKCON rabbit hole. She once said that Shiv Bhakts are materialistic and worship Shiva to fulfil their own desires, whereas Krishna Bhakts suffer in this world and reap the rewards of their suffering in Vaikuntha. Like, really? ISKCON receives donations amounting to millions of dollars every year, and their so-called sales executives—or whatever pious marketing gimmick name they use—pressure or pester people into handing over their money. It’s better to donate to the daan peti of your local neighbourhood temple or start Hindu charitable trusts to enable wealthy Hindus to support poor Hindus economically.Let’s be honest—most ISKCON attendees, at least in major metropolitan cities, are middle- to upper-middle-class Hindus. These people are not suffering; they’re just living comfortably. And the actions of ISKCON in Bangladesh only reinforce the idea that they’re not pacifists but cowards—much like Gandhi. Do they really believe that abandoning Chinmoy Das will protect them from radicals?

[certified-yapper-guy]

the youth of india that has submitted to facism and right wing politics very conveniently complains about reservations but not about the lack of opportunities and seats by the government.

like do you really think by removing reservation, there would still be enough seats in institutions for lakhs of students?

the entire entrance system is a symptom of govt incapability to provide basic higher education and jobs and trap the youth into giving exams and blame their failure on students/candidates/people for not cracking them.

again, what good can come from the generation that believes that the government's responsibility is to build temples rather than focus on important things like education, infrastructure, development etc. these terms are almost non existent and alien.