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2 Articles by: Vinayak Chaturvedi

Vinayak Chaturvedi is professor of modern South Asian history at UC Irvine. He is the author of Hindutva and Violence: V. D. Savarkar and the Politics of History (SUNY, 2022).

University Campuses in India Will Be a Tool in the Hands of Hindu Nationalists

Elite international universities have announced plans to open campuses in India. Yet Narendra Modi’s government has made it clear these won’t be oases of academic freedom — rather, they’ll help Hindu nationalists impose censorship even outside India’s borders.