Wherever I am, the world comes after me.
It offers me its busyness. It does not believe that I do not want it.
Now I understand why the old poets of China went so far
and high into the mountains, then crept into the pale mist.
"The Old Poets of China" by Mary Oliver

Hindu Populism Against Religious Minorities in India | A Public Lecture

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The UP Asian Center will be holding the public lecture "Hindu Populism Against Religious Minorities in India" on 4 July 2025, 1:00 PM, PST (GMT+8), at the Seminar Room, UP Asian Center, University of the Philippines Diliman (ONSITE). The event is free and open to the public. Online pre-registration is recommended due to limited seating. 

ABOUT THE LECTURE

"Hindu Populism Against Religious Minorities in India"

In India, the use of Hindu religious populism against religious minorities under the leadership of the far-right Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi has reached new heights, consequently increasing hostility towards Indian Muslims and Christians among the Hindu majority, who seek to take revenge for historical grievances. Drawing on the theories of 'Hindu nationalism', 'populism' and 'secularism', this presentation focuses on religious populism, its links with Hindu nationalism, and its impact on the human rights of Christian and Muslim minorities in the northern Indian district of Varanasi. The possibilities of resistance against Hindu nationalist populism will also be part of this presentation.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

AMIT SINGH, Ph.D.
University of Coimbra, Portugal

Amit Singh is a post-doctoral researcher at Centre for Social Studies, University of Coimbra. He holds a Ph.D. in Human Rights from the University of Coimbra, Portugal. Amit is a Sylff fellow at the Tokyo Foundation for Policy Research, Japan, holder of a Slovakian national scholarship, and a research associate at the Centre for the Study at the Indian Languages Society in India. His research is focused on Hindu Nationalism, right-wing extremism, Secularism, religious populism, freedom of expression and human rights in India. Amit's latest publication includes a book titled 'An Approach to Hindutva in India’, and a research article 'Secularism in the Troubled 'Water'' of Hindu Nationalism: A Case Study of the Conflict between Freedom of Expression and Religion in India (Brills, Secular Studies, 2024).

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The Asian Center, University of the Philippines Diliman offers M.A. degrees in Asian Studies with four fields of specialization: Northeast Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, and West Asia. The UP Asian Center also has an M.A. program in Philippine Studies that allows students to major in Philippine society and culture, Philippine foreign relations, or Philippine development studies. It also offers a Ph.D. program in Philippine Studies in conjunction with the College of Arts and Letters and the College of Social Sciences and Philosophy. For an overview of these graduate programs, click here. As an area studies institution, the Asian Center also publishes Asian Studies: Journal of Critical Perspectives on Asia, the latest issue of which can be downloaded at the journal's website.