South Asian Feminism repeatedly lionizes Mughal rule including faux-feminist takes on the liberation of women in Harems, when the reality was that life for women in colonial rule was stark. Violence against women has been a salient feature of colonialism. We talk about sexual slavery in Harems, Jauhar and the trans-generational trauma of Hindu women from being repeatedly reminded of that history.
02.15 - Unique Hindu context and it's absence in South Asian feminism
08.10 - Hindu experience: exploitation of women during invasions and foreign rule.
17.56 - shortfalls and lack of Bhartiya experience in South Asian Feminism
20.30 - Hindu Transgenerational trauma and responses. Jauhar.
37.42 - Colonial excesses and case for decoloniality.
48.53 - British propaganda to corrupt Hindu identity
56.20 - Inaction w.r.t factual correction of historical narratives. Glorification of invaders.