The myth of love jihad is as old as the politics of Hindutva. The tales of the 1920s and of 2014 have certain common strains. Both campaigns are critically tied to a number-crunching politics and claims of Hindu homogeneity. The inter-meshing of romance, marriage and conversions has often produced increasing worries, deeply politicized representations and everyday violence, framed around the bodies of women. When Hindu assertion reaches new heights, as happened in UP in the 1920s, and again is happening in the present scenario, the woman’s body particularly becomes a marker to enthrone communal boundaries in ways more aggressive than before, says historian and Delhi University professor CHARU GUPTA
Posted on: Fri, 24 Oct 2014 12:17:39 +0000
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