Communal constructions: media reality vs real reality

Gupta, Charu; Sharma, Mukul

doi:10.1177/030639689603800101

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“…The Indian state is conceived as a complete and circumscribed 'territorial container' (Mitchell 1997: 106) The convergence of the factional logic of a Hindu rasbtra and infiltration in this master narrative have been recirculated and popularized by the Indian media. In a recent article, Gupta and Sharma (1996) reaffirm this coactive relationship between the press in India and the Hindu Right. They argue that the outcome of the increasing 'hinduization of the press' (p. 13) has been such that the media 'communicates communalism' (p. 2) by defining, constructing and sustaining nationalist ideologies in subtle and not-so-subtle ways.…”

Section: The 'Lslamization' Of India8: 'Alien' Muslims and The Hindu mentioning

confidence: 93%

“…The members of the sangh parivar include political parties like the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Shiv Sena (SS) as well as Scattered reports in leading Indian newspapers and magazines have dubbed the process as 'infiltration' (Gupta and Sharma 1996;Vanaik 1993) in which the Bangladeshi 'infiltrators' surreptitiously penetrate and filter through the 'porous border' (Dey 1992;Joshi 1992) between India and Bangladesh in a 'slow, steady trickle' -arriving in small groups of five, ten or twenty since the creation of Bangladesh in 1971 (Dey 1992:11). The estimated total number of undocumented immigrants 'crossing over ' (ibid.…”

Section: National Boundaries and The Politics Of Mobility Construct Amentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Articles have, in addition, characterized 'cross-border infiltration' as an 'acute problem' (Chaudhuri 1992: 24;Joshi 1992;Times of India, 31 March 1995a, and 'infiltrators' as 'problem people' (Sharma 1992) or 'unwanted guests' (Shukla 1995) indulging in nefarious activities like prostitution, petty crime and drug trafficking (Chakraborty and Rana 1993;Rai 1993;Gupta and Sharma 1996;Shukla 1995). The mobility of undocumented migrants, it is claimed, has been facilitated by a well-established network of dalals or agents willing to provide fake documents, including…”

Section: Varies Between 50 Andmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…At best, covert flows from Bangladesh have merited a footnote or passing reference in these writings (see, for example, Datta et al 1990;Gupta and Sharma 1996;Jaffrelot 1996;Vanaik 1997). Overall, research has concentrated on the hegemonic efforts of Hindu nationalism and the increasing saffronization of Indian politics.…”

Section: Undocumented Bangladeshi Immigrants and The Revival Of Hindumentioning

confidence: 99%

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Of boundaries and border crossings

Ramachandran

1999

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OOtO•OOOOOOOO nationalism migration domination resistance discourse deportation Much has been written on Hindu nationalism in the past few years. Indeed, the rapid ascendancy of the Hindu Right has been the focus of attention of numerous scholars from a wide variety of disciplines. What remains neglected thus far is the role of recent migrations from Bangladesh, increasingly characterized in popular parlance as "infiltration'. The present paper aims to rectify this situation. Applying James Scott's framework on social domination and dissent, this paper identifies and explores the convoluted ties between the phenomenal growth of the Hindu nationalist forces, and clandestine population flows from Bangladesh. The paper argues that while the official sanitized transcript of hindutva positions Indian Muslims at the margins of Hindu nation, undocumented Muslim immigrants from Bangladesh are increasingly viewed as a severe threat to the security and integrity of the Hindu nation. The staggering signal of an "invisible invasion" of India by Bangladeshi "infiltrators" has been expressed through an overt discourse circulated through the media and "hindutva press'. Public discourse has been further bolstered through public rituals of migrant deportation and expulsion. Ironically, as this paper reveals, overt deferential treatment of the sangh parivar by the immigrants is appended to a series of covert narratives and practices that present a serious challenge to the authority of the state and hegemony of the Hindu Right.

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Section: The 'Lslamization' Of India8: 'Alien' Muslims and The Hindu mentioning

confidence: 93%

Section: National Boundaries and The Politics Of Mobility Construct Amentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Varies Between 50 Andmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Undocumented Bangladeshi Immigrants and The Revival Of Hindumentioning

confidence: 99%

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