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We examine the impact of the current colonial-racist discourse around Hindu Dharma on Indians across the world and prove that this discourse causes psychological effects similar to those caused by racism: shame, inferiority, embarrassment, identity confusion, assimilation, and a detachment from our cultural heritage.

Talk:Shreena Niketa Gandhi

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By Rutvi Dattani


Shreena Niketa Gandhi is Assistant Professor in the Religious Studies Department at Michigan State University[1][2] as of October 2022. According to her university profile, her research interests include Religion in the Americas, Critical American, Ethnic and Race Studies, Method and Critical Theory in the Study of Religion, Post-Colonial and Decolonization in Religious Studies, Hinduism, Intersectional Approaches to the Humanities.

As per her bio, she has published no books, papers or research pertaining to Hindutva, the impact or relationship between Islam and Hinduism and the Indian Government.

In 2021, she 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]

Publications related to Hinduism[edit]

Articles and Papers[edit]

  1. Gandhi, S. "Translating, Practicing, and Commodifying Yoga in the US." University of Florida, 2009. Link to source
  2. Gandhi, S., and Wolff, L. "Yoga and the Roots of Cultural Appropriation." Praxis Center, Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership, Kalamazoo College, 2017. [1]
  3. Gandhi, S. "Yoga in Popular Culture: Controversies and Conflicts." Religion and Popular Culture in America, Third Edition, 2017, pp. 337-350. [2]
  4. Gandhi, S. "The Goddess Lives in Upstate New York: Breaking Convention and Making Home at a North American Hindu Temple." International Journal of Hindu Studies, 2008. [3]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ Shreena Niketa Gandhi page on Michigan State University accessed October 3, 2022
  2. ↑ Shreena Niketa Gandhi page on Google Scholar accessed October 3, 2022
  3. ↑ "Letter of Support", Dismantling Global Hindutva Conference website, accessed August 7, 2022
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