Human rights and secularism in conflict with Hindutva

The Water controversy

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ID6136320
AuthorsAmit Kumar Singh (0000-0002-1975-561X, University of Coimbra, corresponding author)
Year2023
Issue40
Pages55-73
Publication date2023-12-12
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAntropologia Portuguesa (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0870-0990 • E-ISSN: 2182-7982
PublisherCoimbra University Press (PUBLISHER • PT)
DOI10.14195/2182-7982_40_3
OpenAlexW4389614312
LanguageEN
References cited23

This article analyses tension between human rights (including secularism) and Hindutva, the Hindu nationalists’ discourse. Particular focus is put on women’s rights and the right to freedom of expression and dissent in India using the film Water and the controversy associated with it in the north Indian district of Varanasi in 2000. Firstly, the relation between human rights, secularism and Hindutva/Hindu nationalism is discussed conceptually. This is followed by a discussion of the narratives of Hindutva’s followers in Varanasi and their involvement in the controversy surrounding the film Water. Extracts from interviews of Hindu nationalists are included to illustrate this tension. The article concludes by claiming that Hindutva is an antithetical to secularism and human rights

Dissent · Environmental ethics · Hindu nationalism · Hinduism · Hindutva · Human rights · Nationalism · Political science · Politics · Secularism · Sociology · Gender Studies · Law · Philosophy · Religious studies · South Asian Cinema and Culture · South Asian Studies and Conflicts · South Asian Studies and Diaspora

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