A graphic video showing two women forced by a baying mob to walk naked in the northeastern Indian state of Manipur has sparked outrage after it emerged on so...

A graphic video showing two women forced by a baying mob to walk naked in the northeastern Indian state of Manipur has sparked outrage after it emerged on so…

  • BartsBigBugBag@lemmy.tf
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    1 year ago

    Hindu nationalism developed as a response to British Colonialism, and, Hindutva was first elaborated in 1923, as tensions were rising within the colonial British Raj.

    • GBU_28@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      British colonialism bad. Get that out of the way first.

      But conflict along ethnic and regional lines has been occurring in India, between Hindus, for a LONG time.

      • beard_hunter@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        1 year ago

        Let’s list the effects of British Colonalism

        • High taxation on local products and agriculture leading to indentured servitude.
        • Ending royal patronage of artisans causing mass unemployment.
        • Artificial famines as foodgrains exported to Europe during European wars.
        • Labelling of particular tribes or ethnicity criminals for perpetuity.
        • Forcing puritism on ethnic populations.

        For more read: -This -This -This

        And yes. Religious and ethnic problems were already here but Brits exacerbated it.