A convention set to happen with sponsorship from Universities within the United States of America has attracted loads of consideration in India. The theme of the convention is ‘Dismantling Global Hindutva’ and is about to be attended by ’eminent intellectuals’ of the Indian liberal camp.
Aurangzeb fangirl Audrey Truschke, Naxal sympathizer Kavita Krishnan, ostensible propagandist Anand Patwardhan and unbearable troll Meena Kandasamy are among the audio system on the occasion. Discussions on the matter will revolve round caste, gender politics and associated issues.
One section may even dedicate itself to describing what exactly is ‘Global Hindutva’. But essentially the most intriguing side of the occasion is the section titled ‘Hindutva and White Supremacy’. It isn’t clear what the hyperlink between the 2 is exactly.
But the target seems to be clear. The occasion is geared in the direction of interesting to western audiences and making certain that folks within the West shouldn’t have a beneficial opinion of Hindutva as an ideology.
As to how they intend to try this is one thing we are going to uncover throughout the convention. But we will speculate the style by which the organisers, and the audio system, search to go about their enterprise. Audrey Truschke, maybe an important speaker on the occasion, has supplied some perception up to now relating to the style by which they search to affiliate Hindutva with White Supremacy.
Audrey Truschke vs Mike Cernovic
Back in March, Mike Cernovich, an American media persona with a populist Republican political orientation, commented on Audrey Truschke. He solely mentioned what most Hindus really feel in regards to the ‘historian’. The feedback have been made throughout the Rutgers University controversy when the establishment tried to defend Truschke over allegations of ‘Hinduphobia’ from college students.
Cernovich mentioned that in another content material, her conduct could be thought of “genocide denial” and “holocaust revisionism” however since her agenda is in opposition to Hindus, the University doesn’t care.
Following his remark, Truschke responded by calling an ‘alt-right male supremacist’. And mentioned that it was proof of the ‘nexus’ ‘Hindu nationalist’ teams within the US have been ‘enmeshed’ in.
Audrey Truschke is one among audio system on the Dismantling Global Hindutva convention (Source: Twitter)
She additionally claimed that Cernovich was Suhag Shukla’s ‘most prominent backer’. Shukla heads the Hindu American Foundation.
Source: Twitter
Thus, we will make a protected guess on the subject of the narrative that might be peddled within the ‘Hindutva and White Supremacy’ section. The audio system will make an try to say there’s a nexus between Hindu organisations within the USA and White Supremacist teams.
Of course, this doesn’t make any sense however that’s the declare that might be made, no matter the truth that Hindus are a micro-minority within the United States and maintain no discernible political energy. The ramifications of such allegations should not exhausting to guess.
It will paint a goal on the again of Hindu Americans, serving as a justification for left-leaning extremist associations to focus on Hindus within the nation. This is the plain subsequent step within the long-drawn try by the liberal ‘intellectual’ institution to attract an equivalence between Hindutva and White Supremacy.
Attempts by media to equate Hindutva to White Supremacy
For fairly a while now, there have been makes an attempt by these within the media to equate Hindutva to White Supremacy. Numerous articles have been penned to invent a story to that impact.
Source: Asia Times
Al Jazeera revealed an article drawing equivalence between the 2.
Source: Al Jazeera
BBC claimed that the alt-right within the West was resurrecting the legacy of 1 ‘Savitri Devi’.
Source: BBC
Bu 2021, maybe hit with the realisation that nobody is shopping for their claims, efforts are being made to not solely declare that the 2 ideologies are alike but additionally that there’s a nexus between Hindutva and White Supremacy. Instead of rectifying their folly, they’re doubling-down on their agenda.
How ‘Dismantling Global Hindutva’ works out in the actual world
To fight allegations of Hinduphobia, such ‘intellectuals’ fall again to their declare that they’re solely in opposition to Hindutva, not Hinduism. They say that they’re in opposition to a political ideology, not a faith or its adherents.
But sadly, that isn’t what transpires in actuality. In actuality, bizarre Hindus are attacked for his or her religion and efforts are made to damage their careers. Take Tulsi Gabbard for instance.
There’s no level denying that Tulsi Gabbard is tremendously appreciated by folks of India. Part of the reason being that she is Hindu, the primary Hindu Congresswoman within the United States. But that isn’t the one motive.
Gabbard has mentioned that she shares a heat relationship with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and he or she has again and again raised her voice for nearer ties between the USA and India. At the identical time, she has been vocal in opposition to Pakistani atrocities and stays one of many few politicians within the United States to have condemned the genocide of Bengali Hindus by the Pakistani Army.
All of this makes her far more fashionable amongst Indians on the web than even Kamala Harris. But all through her presidential marketing campaign, she needed to contend allegations of being a closet ‘Hindu fascist’ and folks demanded that she reply for Prime Minister Modi’s transgressions, whether or not actual or imagined.
Claims have been made that she has ties to ‘Hindu nationalist’ teams, with none proof merely as a result of she was Hindu and had a heat relationship with Prime Minister Modi. Even Barack Obama and Donald Trump have claimed that they shared a superb relationship with Narendra Modi however they didn’t must take care of such allegations.
But since Gabbard is a Hindu, she grew to become a goal for such allegations. In the top, that is what ‘Dismantling Global Hindutva’ boils right down to: Targeting Hindus residing elsewhere solely attributable to their religion. Tulsi Gabbard herself known as out the marketing campaign in opposition to her and there’s quite a lot of proof to counsel that the marketing campaign in opposition to her was orchestrated by parts with hyperlinks to Pakistan’s ISI.
But Gabbard shouldn’t be the one one to have suffered due to such allegations. Amit Jani, a staffer in Joe Biden’s presidential marketing campaign, grew to become the goal of left-oriented teams that claimed he has hyperlinks to ‘Hindu Nationalism’. Sonal Shah, one other Biden marketing campaign staffer, confronted related allegations.
The most unlucky sufferer, nonetheless, was a Christian man of Indian origin from Kerala. During the Capitol Hill riots, he was noticed with an Indian flag throughout the protests that ensued following Joe Biden’s victory within the presidential elections of 2020.
Vincent Xavier insisted that he was a part of a peaceable protest in assist of Donald Trump and there’s no proof to counsel that he was concerned in any type of violence. Before his identification grew to become identified, he was branded a ‘Hindu Supremacist’ by left-oriented people on social media.
Unfortunately for them, their ‘Hindu Supremacist’ was not even a Hindu, he was Christian. And much more so, he was an bizarre supporter of Donald Trump who was solely exercising his democratic proper. Nonetheless, as a result of morbid hatred festers of their coronary heart, they needed to power him into the gallows.
Thus, we have now 4 such targets of the marketing campaign in opposition to Hindutva. Three of them are Democrats and one among them shouldn’t be even Hindu. And but, all of them have been made to endure primarily based on fictitious allegations that they have been someway furthering the pursuits of Hindutva within the United States of America.
The End-Goal of ‘Dismantling Global Hindutva’
Powerful parts within the United States have declared conflict on all Trump supporters. There is grave concern that the nationwide safety institution within the US will start a brand new ‘domestic war on terrorism’. Such fears haven’t been expressed by solely fringe parts however distinguished journalists equivalent to Glenn Greenwald and Tucker Carlson.
Under such circumstances, the target of the convention seems fairly apparent. The organisers of the occasion wish to create an environment the place each Hindu in influential circles is seen by a lens of suspicion.
Their try is to model Hindus, remotely sympathetic to Indian pursuits or with a beneficial opinion of Narendra Modi, an ally of White Supremacists. Eventually, they hope that all the would possibly of the American nationwide safety institution might be unleashed in opposition to them.
They need Hindu teams surveilled and censored, and finally elevate the prices of associating themselves with such teams so excessive that Hindu chorus from doing so totally. Also, they wish to model each Hindu who doesn’t hate Narendra Modi as a possible home terrorist.
All of that is solely home politics being performed out on the worldwide stage. There is each motive to suspect that the agenda is being orchestrated and fueled by associations inimical to Indian nationwide pursuits, on condition that we all know for a incontrovertible fact that ISI linked teams are very lively within the US.
The sufferer of this witch-hunt, that the ‘Dismantling Global Hindutva’ convention seeks to incite, will inevitably find yourself being bizarre Hindu Americans, who care about their religion and its pursuits, for completely no fault of their very own.
We have seen this play out with respect to Hindus residing within the Middle East for skilled causes. Islamists focused them primarily based on their posts on social media, accusing the people of endorsing ‘Hindutva’. Many misplaced their jobs, some have been even arrested.
Only lately, Harish Bangera returned to India after spending 20 months in jail in Saudi Arabia on costs of blasphemy. He was finally launched after it was found that he was framed by people who needed him to endure attributable to private enmity.
So they made a pretend profile of him and made posts they knew would entice blasphemy costs. He was fired from his job and arrested and thus an harmless man was made to endure. It appears an identical destiny is being deliberate for Hindus residing within the United States. It may not result in arrest because the US has free speech rights however they’re more likely to endure persecution on the subject of their skilled and private life.