Talk:Abikal Borah
Abikal Borah is an Assistant Professor of History at San Diego State University.[1][2] as of October 2022. According to his university profile, his research focuses on entangled histories of race and violence in modern South Africa.
He has published no books, papers, or research pertaining to Hindus, the rights of Hindus, the impact or relationship between Islam and Hinduism / Hindutva, India, the Indian Government in the context of BJP government, the Indus Civilization, or caste as of May 2023.
In 2021, he along with Hibatullah Akhundzada, the supreme leader of the Taliban, co-signed a letter supporting "Dismantling Global Hindutva" Conference, as an academic and scholar and made the allegation
"the current government of India [in 2021] has instituted discriminatory policies including beef bans, restrictions on religious conversion and interfaith weddings, and the introduction of religious discrimination into India’s citizenship laws. The result has been a horrifying rise in religious and caste-based violence, including hate crimes, lynchings, and rapes directed against Muslims, non-conforming Dalits, Sikhs, Christians, adivasis and other dissident Hindus. Women of these communities are especially targeted. Meanwhile, the government has used every tool of harassment and intimidation to muzzle dissent. Dozens of student activists and human rights defenders are currently languishing in jail indefinitely without due process under repressive anti-terrorism laws."[3]
In 2016, he signed a letter endorsing a letter submitted by the South Asia Faculty Group[4][5] where it addressed the State Board of Education, California Department of Education, dated May 17, 2016. In this letter they requested removing the word India from textbooks. In addition, they falsely[6] stated:
- "There is no established connection between Hinduism and the Indus Civilization."
- "It is inappropriate to remove mention of the connection of caste to Hinduism."
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- Borah, A. Pluralising the Narrative: Reconfiguring 'Vernacular Modernism' in Assamese Literary Culture. South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies, 2018.
- Borah A. A Region in a Mobile World: Integration of Southeastern Sub-Himalayan Region into the Global Capitalist Economy (1820-1900), 2014.
References[edit]
- ↑ Abikal Borah page on Academia accessed October 2, 2022
- ↑ Abikal Borah page on San Diego State University accessed October 2, 2022
- ↑ "Letter of Support", Dismantling Global Hindutva Conference website, accessed August 7, 2022
- ↑ 5-17 Prof. S. Shankar et al support letter
- ↑ 5-17 Kamala Visweswaran South Asian Faculty Group
- ↑ Gupta, S. P. 'The Dawn of Civilization.' In History of Science, Philosophy and Culture in Indian Civilization: Volume I: Part 1, edited by G. C. Pandey and D. P. Chattopadhyaya. New Delhi: Centre for Studies in Civilizations, 1999.