Articles by Amit Singh

August 7, 2023

Has the Hindu majority developed a ‘Nazi conscience’ in India?

Amit Singh

Emboldened by the support of the State, Hindu nationalists have unleashed violent attacks on religious minorities in India. Constant state propaganda and communal violence have led to the development of a ‘Nazi conscience’ among the Hindu majority, which now perceives violence to be morally righteous, argues Amit Singh

October 31, 2022

🌊 Hindutva fascism threatens the world’s largest democracy

Amit Singh

In India, fascism is reinventing itself. It has crept through Hindu nationalism – Hindutva – and now poses a serious threat to Indian democracy, writes Amit Singh

September 23, 2022

Indian Muslim minorities suffer persecution from revived Hindu populism and nationalism

Amit Singh

The hegemonic rise of Hindu nationalism and Hindu populism in India has trapped Indian Muslim minorities. The secular Indian state appears to be developing into a Hindu authoritarian state, and one where violence against Muslims is normalised, argues Amit Singh

Amit Singh

Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Coimbra

Amit holds a PhD in human rights from the University of Coimbra's Center for Social Studies.

His research interests include right-wing politics in India, religious populism and emotion, Hindu nationalism, secularism, human rights, and religious minorities.

His most recent article is Secularism in the Troubled ‘Waters’ of ‘Hindu Nationalism ’: A Case Study of the Conflict between Freedom of Expression and Religion in India (Secular Studies, 2024).

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.

He regularly writes opinion articles and appears in public debates.

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An Approach to Hindutva in India
Bharati Publication, 2024

The Conflicts of Freedom of Expression and Religion: A Case Study from India
People's Publication Literature, 2018

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