Discourses of Hindu Nationalism

Along with Prof Suryapratim Roy at Trinity College Dublin, I am developing a research program on the discursive construction of Hindu Rashtra in South Asia. We are developing an understanding of the construction and legitimation of Hindu Rasthra through a concerted focus on constructions of territory, citizenship, and secularism.

We’ve examined the constructions of imagined territory, legitimization of citizenship policies through constitutional accommodation, and negotiation of secularism as a category attribute in digital spaces.

We have other research in progress that examines the role of secularism in justifying Hindu nationalism.