Hindutva Essays

The two recent cases of Supreme Court of India have mostly focused on the hate speech and how it is related to the politics. The famous controversial rulings of Hindutva Judgement were reviewed by the court on 30th January. Whereas by March 12th the court stated that political hate speech should be cut down. There is a battle going on between free speech libertarians and liberals. The libertarians wants that the

Homosexuality is one aspect where Babas, Maulanas and Priests are united. Baba Ramdev famously quoted “Homosexuality is a disease and can be cured by yoga”. It’s quite ironic taking into consideration how Hindu mythology time and again depicted Gods changing their sex. Shiva bathes in Yamuna to become a Gopi to take part in Raas-Leela. Krishna transformed into Mohini to marry Aravan (Son of Arjun) in Mahabharata to fulfil his last wish. Arjun became a Eunuch for a year due to a curse. Om Prakash

BIBLIOGRAPHY Articles • JOHN .D. MANDLE-how politics is personal. 11 • KANAVILLIL RAJAGOPALAN- The politics of language and the concept of linguistic identity. 10 • KAY DEAUX- SOCIAL IDENTITY 5 Books • ANDREW HEYWOOD-Introduction to political theory. 8   1. INTRODUCTION WHAT IS IDENTITY? According to the dictionary Identity means ‘The distinguishing character or personality of an individual’ used to recognise that person, or ‘close similarity or affinity’ or ‘it is the condition of being oneself’