India as an Ethnocracy

Maiorano, Diego

doi:10.4081/ilpolitico.2022.766

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“…The film is historically inaccurate and single-mindedly aimed at demonizing Muslims: men are shown lusting Hindu women and betraying their neighbours to support terrorism, while children are depicted branding automatic weapons and insulting Hindu Gods [Ayyub 2022, 29 March]. The film has been a record-breaking hit, also thanks to the government's tax concessions (reducing the tickets' price) and Modi's invitation to watch the film [Chowdhury 2022, 30 March] The film is but the last example of the ongoing Hinduisation of India's public sphere, though the promotion to leading position in academia and research centres of Hindu extremists and sympathizers; the renaming of street and cities to delete India's Muslim past; the re-writing of history textbooks; or the construction of a grandiose system of temples in Varanasi -one of Modi's pet projects in his constituency -aimed at undermining the city's syncretic past [Maiorano 2022c].…”

Section: Further Democratic Erosionmentioning

confidence: 99%

India 2022: Political realignments in a bjp-dominated system

Maiorano

2023

Asia Maior

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Section: Further Democratic Erosionmentioning

confidence: 99%