Mastodawn

Vivek Mittal Apr 6, 2024

My recent episode of All My Regret is about what I’ve learned from Alok Vaid-Menon. In it I talk about living within societal and masculine expectations and how compassion is the key to moving forward. https://open.substack.com/pub/vivmit/p/episode-6-hair-and-its-discontents?r=fu609&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

Episode 6: “Welcome to the Awkward Choreography of Being a Human”

What I Have Learned from Alok Vaid-Menon

Vivek Mittal Feb 6, 2024

I went to my homeland of #India this past winter. I ate a ton of food, and shared stories with many relatives. But when I visited a popular tourist site, I realized I was nothing but a glorified guest in 🇮🇳 👳‍♂️

Episode 4: When You Talk About Tourists, You Talk About Me

In Choki Dhani, In Jaipur, In India

All My Regret

Vivek Mittal Feb 2, 2024

I recently went to India to visit family. We went as a family of four, but met both sides of the family in Bangalore and Delhi. It was a beautiful family trip.

But I still felt like a glorified tourist there.

Read about it in "All My Regret": https://open.substack.com/pub/vivmit/p/episode-4-when-you-talk-about-tourists

Episode 4: When You Talk About Tourists, You Talk About Me

In Choki Dhani, In Jaipur, In India

All My Regret

Vivek Mittal Jan 26, 2024

RT Indian American Muslim Council: New Yorker's Isaac Chotiner interviews Mukul Kesavan, an essayist and historian on the violent history of the Ayodhya dispute.

"The people who support Modi see him as a kind of redeemer. They vest in him hopes, which from my point of view is terrifying."

https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/how-the-hindu-right-triumphed-in-india

Vivek Mittal Jan 23, 2024

RT Rana Ayyub: From Anand Patwardhan’s ‘Ram ke Naam’. Absolutely worth nine minutes of your time https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1748988911760646278 https://twitter.com/RanaAyyub/status/1748988911760646278video/1

Rana Ayyub (@RanaAyyub) on X

From Anand Patwardhan’s ‘Ram ke Naam’. Absolutely worth nine minutes of your time

X (formerly Twitter)

Vivek Mittal Jan 22, 2024

Modi Opens a Giant Temple in a Triumph for India’s Hindu Nationalists https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/22/world/asia/modi-india-ram-temple.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Modi Opens a Giant Temple in a Triumph for India’s Hindu Nationalists

The temple inaugurated by the prime minister is on the disputed site of a centuries-old mosque destroyed in a Hindu mob attack that set a precedent of impunity against Muslims.

The New York Times

Vivek Mittal Jan 22, 2024

RT The Caravan: Read this essay on how the Ayodhya verdict is a cornerstone of the Hindu Rashtra.

Dr. Audrey Truschke writes in "Historical Right":
https://caravanmagazine.in/religion/ayodhya-babri-masjid-ram-mandir-supreme-court-audrey-truschke

The Ayodhya verdict is a cornerstone of the Hindu Rashtra

The judgment does a poor job of grappling with historical evidence, often making assertions that echo broader Hindutva strategies for subverting history.

The Caravan

Vivek Mittal Jan 22, 2024

RT Indian American Muslim Council: Pro-democracy protest against India’s descent into authoritarianism and Ram Temple consecration at Times Square, New York. https://twitter.com/IAMCouncil/status/1749270800585158717video/1

Vivek Mittal Jan 21, 2024

What about Ayodhya’s mosque? - Frontline https://frontline.thehindu.com/news/ayodhya-mosque-india-work-delayed-due-to-fund-shortage-frustration-disappointment-among-muslim-community/article67761993.ece

What about Ayodhya’s mosque?

As the gigantic Ram Mandir is consecrated today, the Ayodhya mosque is still caught up in bureaucratic red tape and a cash crunch. Is the difference between the two projects symptomatic of a larger disharmony in India?

Frontline

Vivek Mittal Jan 20, 2024

RT @audreytruschke: My latest for Time --

India’s Ayodhya Temple Is a Huge Monument to Hindu Supremacy

https://time.com/6564148/ayodhya-ram-temple-modi-india/ #AyodhaRamMandir #Ayodhya #Modi #BJP #Hindutva https://time.com/6564148/ayodhya-ram-temple-modi-india/

India’s Ayodhya Temple Is a Huge Monument to Hindu Supremacy

The temple's consecration on Jan. 22 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the BJP's latest bid to show India is for Hindus, and Hindus alone.

Time