Editing Hindutva (section)

==Concepts and issues==
===Uniform Civil Code===
{{Main|Uniform Civil Code}}

The Hindutva leaders have sought a [[Uniform Civil Code]] for all the [[Indian people|citizens of India]], where the same law applies to all its citizens irrespective of the individual's religion.<ref name="HutchinsonSmith2000p888"/><ref name="Ghosh2012p103">{{cite book|author=Partha S. Ghosh|title=The Politics of Personal Law in South Asia: Identity, Nationalism and the Uniform Civil Code|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YwvaaHI8sjEC|year=2012|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-136-70511-3|pages=103–111}}</ref> They state that differential laws based on religion violate the [[Indian Constitution]] and have sowed the seeds of divisiveness between different religious communities.<ref name="HutchinsonSmith2000p888"/><ref name="Ghosh2012p103"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.expressindia.com/news/fullstory.php?newsid=66122|title=BJP calls for Uniform Civil Code|publisher=expressindia.com|agency=Press Trust of India|date=15 April 2006|access-date=25 February 2009|archive-date=13 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120113064037/http://www.expressindia.com/news/fullstory.php?newsid=66122}}</ref> Under the current laws that were enacted in 1955–56, state John Hutchinson and [[Anthony D. Smith]], the constitutionally directive principle of a Uniform Civil Code covers only non-Muslims. The Uniform Civil Code is opposed by the Muslim leaders.<ref name="HutchinsonSmith2000p888">{{cite book|author1=John Hutchinson|author2=Anthony D. Smith|title=Nationalism: Critical Concepts in Political Science|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NN0m_c8p6fgC |year=2000|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-0-415-20112-4|pages=888–890}}</ref> A Uniform Civil Code that applies equally to the Muslims in India is also opposed by political parties such as the [[Indian National Congress]] and the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|Communist Party]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/may/03code.htm|title=Uniform civil code will divide the country on communal lines: Congress|publisher=Rediff on the Net|access-date=26 February 2009|archive-date=23 May 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100523194453/http://www.rediff.com/news/may/03code.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Protection of Hindu interests===
{{See also|Muscular Hinduism}}
The followers of Hindutva are known for their criticism of the [[Government of India|Indian government]] as too passive with regard to the [[exodus of Kashmiri Hindus]] by Kashmiri Muslim separatists and the [[1998 Wandhama massacre]], and advocates of Hindutva wish a harder stance in [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Shiv Sena attacks Narendra Modi government on Kashmir, Hindutva issues|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-shiv-sena-attacks-narendra-modi-government-on-kashmir-hindutva-issues-2069428|access-date=18 February 2017|work=[[DNA India]]|agency=[[Press Trust of India]]|date=16 March 2015|archive-date=18 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170218233210/http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-shiv-sena-attacks-narendra-modi-government-on-kashmir-hindutva-issues-2069428|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Government should deport Kashmiri separatists to Pakistan: RSS|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/government-should-deport-kashmiri-separatists-to-pakistan-rss/|access-date=18 February 2017|work=[[The Indian Express]]|agency=[[Press Trust of India]]|date=24 April 2015|archive-date=18 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170218144940/http://indianexpress.com/article/india/government-should-deport-kashmiri-separatists-to-pakistan-rss/|url-status=live}}</ref> The supporters of Hindutva sought to protect the native Hindu culture and traditions especially those that symbolised the Hindu culture. They believe that Indian culture is identical with the Hindu culture.<ref>{{cite book |last=Smith Eugene|first=Donald|title=India as a secular state |publisher=Princeton University Press |date=1963}}</ref> These include animals, language, holy structures, rivers and medicine.<ref>{{cite book |last=Jaffrelot|first=Christopher|title=Religion, Caste & Politics in India |publisher=Primus Boks |isbn= 978-93-80607-04-7 |date=2010 |page=5}}</ref>

They opposed the continuation of Urdu being used as a vernacular language as they associated it with Muslims. They felt that Urdu symbolised a foreign culture. For them, Hindi alone was the unifying factor for all the diverse forces in the country. They even wanted to make Hindi as the official language of India and felt that it should be promoted at the expense of English and the other regional languages, with some Hindutva followers describing this with the slogan "Hindi-Hindu-[[Hindustan]]".<ref>{{Cite news |date=2010-02-03 |title=A new kind of discordance |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/editorial/A-new-kind-of-discordance/article16812293.ece |access-date=2023-10-29 |issn=0971-751X |archive-date=29 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231029230133/https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/editorial/A-new-kind-of-discordance/article16812293.ece |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite news |date=2015-02-12 |title=A yen for Sanskritised Hindi |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/A-yen-for-Sanskritised-Hindi/article60435857.ece |access-date=2023-10-29 |issn=0971-751X |archive-date=29 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231029230134/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/A-yen-for-Sanskritised-Hindi/article60435857.ece |url-status=live }}</ref> However, this caused a state of tension and alarm in the non-Hindi regions. The non-Hindi regions saw it as an attempt by the north to dominate the rest of the country. Eventually, this demand was put down in order to protect the cultural diversity of the country.<ref>{{cite book |last= Graham |first=Bruce |title= Hindu Nationalism and Indian Politics |publisher=Cambridge University Press|date=1990|isbn=978-0-521-05952-7}}{{Full citation needed|date=March 2021}}</ref>

Hindutva activists have [[Urduwood|boycotted]] several [[Hindi cinema|Bollywood]] movies in recent years, claiming that they use too much Urdu and are anti-Hindu;<ref name=":03">{{Cite web |title=Is the Hindu Nationalist 'Boycott Bollywood' Campaign Impacting the Box Office? |url=https://thediplomat.com/2022/09/is-hindu-nationalists-boycott-bollywood-campaign-impacting-the-box-office/ |access-date=2023-10-27 |website=thediplomat.com |language=en-US |archive-date=30 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230930204312/https://thediplomat.com/2022/09/is-hindu-nationalists-boycott-bollywood-campaign-impacting-the-box-office/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=The siege of Bollywood |newspaper=The Economist |url=https://www.economist.com/books-and-arts/2021/02/25/the-siege-of-bollywood |access-date=2023-10-27 |issn=0013-0613 |archive-date=27 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231027212316/https://www.economist.com/books-and-arts/2021/02/25/the-siege-of-bollywood |url-status=live }}</ref> some activists have called for [[Cinema of South India|South Indian cinema]] to be patronised instead, claiming that it is more culturally rooted.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last1=Raj |first1=Kaushik |last2=Gurmat |first2=Sabah |date=2022-09-30 |title=Bollywood under siege as rightwing social media boycotts start to bite |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/sep/30/bollywood-under-siege-as-rightwing-social-media-boycotts-start-to-bite |access-date=2023-10-27 |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=27 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231027210254/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/sep/30/bollywood-under-siege-as-rightwing-social-media-boycotts-start-to-bite |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-08-27 |title=Explained: The #BoycottBollywood trend, and its impact on the industry |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-culture/boycott-bollywood-trend-impact-on-industry-explained-8115054/ |access-date=2023-10-27 |website=The Indian Express |language=en |archive-date=28 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220828083414/https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-culture/boycott-bollywood-trend-impact-on-industry-explained-8115054/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Hindutva opposition to Urdu coincides with a desire to spread a [[Sanskritisation (language)|Sanskritised]] Hindi across India.<ref>McCartney, Patrick. [https://www.academia.edu/6274287/The_Sanitising_Power_of_Spoken_Sanskrit "The Sanitising Power of Spoken Sanskrit"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241007223033/https://www.academia.edu/6274287/The_Sanitising_Power_of_Spoken_Sanskrit |date=7 October 2024 }}. ''Himāl South Asian'' (2014).</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-10-26 |title=Why does India's Hindu right-wing hate the Urdu language so much? |url=https://qz.com/india/2079526/explaining-indian-hindu-right-wings-hate-for-the-urdu-language |access-date=2023-10-29 |website=Quartz |language=en |archive-date=29 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231029230133/https://qz.com/india/2079526/explaining-indian-hindu-right-wings-hate-for-the-urdu-language |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":2" />