Bhan comments on Ayodhya, Kashmir in Deccan Herald article

August 11, 2020

Deccan Herald

Mona Bhan

Anthropology Department

Colonialism

India

Religion

Deccan Herald

Mona Bhan

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently laid the foundation for a temple at a flashpoint holy site, Ayodhya, exactly a year after imposing direct rule on Muslim-majority Kashmir — twin triumphs for his Hindu nationalist government. This has stoked fears that Modi wants to change Muslim-majority Kashmir's demographic and religious makeup along the lines of Israel's actions in the West Bank. "What I see unfolding is a Hindu settler colonial project in the making," says Mona Bhan, associate professor of anthropology and Ford-Maxwell Professor of South Asian Studies. Read more in the Deccan Herald article "Ayodhya, Kashmir: Twin triumphs for Modi and Hindu nationalists?" 08/11/20