#DismantlingGlobalHindutva conference claim they are against Hindutva not Hinduism at large.

This claim is far from truth.

Our probe finds startling mismatch between their words & actions.

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Let us look at some of the anti-Hindu comments made by DGH panelists.

Akanksha Mehta: "I emphasize, without hesitation, that Hindutva is inseparable from Hinduism. And arguments that Hindutva is not Hinduism is deeply dangerous and will not lead us to the future we want" (2/n)

Dr Shana Sippy: "Hindutva is a form of Hinduism. There is no way to dismantle Hindutva if you are going to ignore the Hinduism of it."
(3/n)

Panelist Meera Nanda openly vilified Ayurveda and other Indian medicine system and termed them as Hindutva jingoism. (4/n)

Another panelist Joseph Alter termed Mahatma Gandhi as a fundamentalist. The panel did not spare the stalwarts like Vivekananda, Dayananda Saraswati etc. (5/n)