Hindutva In North America
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Hindutva Teach-In: Educate,
Resist, and Act
Why This Matters:
The rise of Hindutva—a political ideology advocating Hindu supremacy—poses a significant threat to democratic values and human rights, both in India and internationally. Justice For All’s Hindutva Teach-In series highlights how this ideology, rooted in the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and promoted by India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), is gaining influence in North America. Through political lobbying, educational content, and workplace practices, Hindutva is being legitimized abroad, creating a culture of impunity and echoing patterns seen in other fascist regimes. This transnational spread affects minority communities, distorts historical narratives, and undermines secular institutions. Awareness and proactive engagement are crucial to countering this ideology and upholding the principles of pluralism and justice.
Hindutva in The Work Place
Hindutva in Schools and Universities
Hindutva in North American Politics
Part 1 – Jan 26, 2021 7pm Central / 8pm Eastern
Topic: Hindutva – What you should know?
- The Hindutva culture: A short introduction to the ideology and its progression in India, and its introduction into the United States. (Makeup, political and social influences in general.) Legitimizing Hindutva and creating a culture of impunity. What Americans should be concerned about (parallels between India and other fascist governments).)
- Hindutva in US Politics: Its rising influence in United States policy making. Mechanisms that are used to support candidates and rally political and other decision-makers to support Hindutva ideology.
- Hindutva’s influence in Canada: Are the same tactics used in Canada to win support for the Hindutva agenda?
Part 2 – Feb 02, 2021 7pm Central / 8pm Eastern Duration
Topic: Hindutva in Schools and Society
- Hindutva in schools: How the narrative is being changed, and history being manipulated, and taught to American and Canadian students. Examples from the CA textbook case, as well as other school campaigns run by Hindutvadis.
(Asma Azeem is a mother of three and has been a teacher in public and private schools in Canada and USA.She is the Florida State Coordinator of Mother Against Teaching Hate in Schools (Project MATHS)
- Hindutva in Universities: Discriminatory practices, research preferences etc. How Dalits & Muslim students may be affected .
3 college students
Part 3 – Feb 09, 2021 7pm Central / 8pm Eastern Duration
Topic: Hindutva in the Workplace
- Workplace hiring discrimination, caste discrimination. Effect of work visas being released under the Biden administration
- The American dependence on Indian IT, good, bad or neutral?
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