Politics of Love: Fearsome Alliance of Hindu Women and Muslim Men
Abstract
The article revisits the concept of violence against women in everyday life to examine the impact of the Hindu nationalist movement on the constitutional rights of women in India. The article focuses on how women's sexuality has remained a core concern for Hindu nationalists or any right-wing movement, especially when their focus is on their community's racial/blood purity, culture, and population. I demonstrate that such movements make women's sexual and marital choices a matter of social and national concern through propaganda that demands social surveillance, violent measures, and legal provisions to control their romantic choices by curtailing their individual rights.
Fields of Study & Subjects
South Asian Cinema and Culture
Anthropological Studies and Insights
Feminism
Gender
and Sexuality Studies
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Violence Against Women
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Volume
- 32
- Issue
- 11
- Pages
- 3998–4018
- Publication date
- 10 April 2026
- Language
- EN