Thread by @AudreyTruschke

I am thrilled to be sharing a new online resource -- Hindutva Harassment Field Manual. This field manual offers educational and practical resources for the targets, allies, students, and employers of those subjected to Hindu Right assaults. #Hindutva hindutvaharassmentfieldmanual.org

The field manual was written by the South Asia Scholar Activist Collective (SASAC), a group of scholars and activists of South Asian studies based in North America. We ground ourselves on two pillars: scholarship and inclusive, progressive politics. southasiacollective.org

Our first major project as a Collective is the Hindutva Harassment Field Manual. It offers pages devoted to targets, allies, students, and employers who may find themselves targeted by a Hindu Right assault.
Targets: hindutvaharassmentfieldmanual.org/targets
Employers: hindutvaharassmentfieldmanual.org/employers

The field manual offers a definition of Hindutva, a narrow political ideology that threatens academic freedom, the rights of religious minorities, a wide range of Hindus, and more. hindutvaharassmentfieldmanual.org/defininghindut…

The field manual provides a series of educational resources, covering the organized nature of Hindutva harassment, legal resources, a glossary, academic freedom and more. We offer many links for further reading. Two sections I'll highlight here --

Bad faith bias claims, which explores how those who promote Hindutva ideology often inappropriately co-opt the language of social justice and antiracism to promote intolerance and hate. hindutvaharassmentfieldmanual.org/badfaith

Intersectional hate, which outline show Hindutva often intersects with other kinds of discrimination and intolerance, including casteism and misogyny.
hindutvaharassmentfieldmanual.org/intersectional…

We wrote this field manual for academics who find themselves targeted by a right-wing Hindutva assault. We hope it might prove valuable more broadly to the targets of Hindutva harassment and help start a conversation about the threat this poses to us and our fields of study.