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Talk:Toral Gajarawala

From Hindupedia, the Hindu Encyclopedia

By Anirudha patel


Toral Gajarawala is an Associate professor at NYU [1]. According to her university, her research areas are the Philosophy of Postcolonial and subaltern studies, theories of the novel, narrative theory, realism, modernisms, contemporary Anglophone, and vernacular fiction.

She 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 as of October 2022.

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 in 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."[2]

Publications related to India[edit]

  1. Gajarawala, Toral. Untouchable Fictions: Literary Realism and the Crisis of Caste. "Fordham University Press", January 2013

References[edit]

  1. University Bio accessed October 11, 2022,
  2. "Letter of Support", Dismantling Global Hindutva Conference website, accessed August 7, 2022