Essential Reading

A comprehensive report from the Community Policy Forum and the Bridge Initiative outlining the state of Hindutva in the United Kingdom as of November 2023. Read the full report here.

This piece analyses the 2022 Leicester riots, in which violence broke out between the city’s respective Hindu and Muslim groups. Koshy dives into the rich multicultural history of Leicester, the rise of Hindutva, and the effects of Hindutva on Leicester’s vibrant community in the present day. Read here.

This piece, by HfHR co-founder Raju Rajagopal, highlights the BJP’s pattern of online harassment to silence dissent, including banning HfHR’s twitter in India. As Raju writes, “I strongly believe that the Modi government has done itself a great disservice by signalling that it is ready to go to any lengths to silence anyone in the diaspora who’s unafraid to speak the ugly truth about Modi’s authoritarian rule.” Read here.

This piece by the Wire outlines the UK government bending to the demands of right-wing Hindu nationalist groups in their refusal to address caste discrimination. Read here.

In an interview with Ambedkarite activist Arun Kumar, thoughtful insights about caste-ism (and the fight against it!) in the United Kingdom are revealed. Read the full interview here.