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Human Rights Studies M.A. , Graduate
"Vanishing Women into the Shadows of Saffron"
India's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has maintained its political stronghold since Narendra Modi's landslide election as prime minister in 2014. Characterized by its deployment of Hindutva, or the Hindu ethno-nationalist extremist ideology, the BJP is radically reshaping Indian society. This paper explores the profound societal transformations initiated by the BJP, emphasizing its imposition of violence and control on minorities, particularly Muslim, Dalit, and Adivasi women within India's borders. Grounded in the interplay of gender dynamics, nation-building, and necropolitics, the study critically examines the role of minority women in the BJP's Hindutva project, focusing on the conflict-ridden state of Assam.
