Talk:Tanisha Ramachandran

By Anirudha Patel

Tanisha Ramachandran is an Associate Teaching Professor of Divinity and Religious Studies, at the Department for the Study of Religions at Wake Forest University. According to her university profile, her research interests include the study of Canadian women and material religion.

As per his bio, 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, or 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."

Publication Related to India

1. Ramachandran, Tanisha. "A Call to Multiple Arms! Protesting the Commoditization of Hindu Imagery in Western Society." Material Religion, vol. 10, no. 1, 2014, pp. 54-75.
2. Ramachandran, Tanisha. "Abusing Ganga Ma: How the Ganges Continues to Purify." Voices Across Boundaries, vol. 2, no. 1, 2004, pp. 50-51.
3. Ramachandran, Tanisha. "Constructing Sita, Deconstructing the Ideal Wife: The Uses of Text and (Con)text." The Journal of Religion and Culture, vol. 13, 1999, pp. 169-174.