Review: H-Pop: The Secretive World of Hindutva Pop Stars by Kunal Purohit
Seemingly benign yet insidious, the Hindutva pop playlist includes songs set to hypnotic beats with lyrics that hint at an Islamic takeover of India, or which claim to tell the truth about India’s freedom struggle. Some of these are filled with conspiracy theories and historical inaccuracies meant to stoke communal tensions. In H-Pop: The Secretive World of Hindutva Pop Stars, journalist Kunal Purohit begins by conducting a post mortem of a riot in Jharkhand. A truck with loudspeakers blaring vitriolic songs targeting…