Hinduvta, Traditionalists, and Alt-Right Memes

 

BBC reporter Reha Kansara interviews a very young (16) Hindu nationalist about the online memes that propogate this ideology and movement. Although glossed over as merely comedy, Kansara shows how these memes target actual people with real-world consequences. https://www.bbc.com/news/av/stories-61610891
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Listen to the full podcast here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3ct3bqv. At 15:00, journalist Alishan Jafri who has researched Hindu traditionalists suggests that posting memes can escalate into content that glorifies and sensationalizes politico-religious violence.

The images used in these Indian Trad memes as well as the overall style are similar to meme culture in the American alt-right.

There is an overlap with the use of memes by right-wing Asatru groups like the Wotan Network at the intersection of their political, cultural, and religious purposes to shift or "red pill" the social narrative and climate in a more radical direction.