Educating Hindus

This roundtable will explore the rituals, pedagogies, philosophies, and politics of Hindu education in modernity. What are the modes, methods, and aims of Hindu inculcation in different contexts, whether in South Asia or among the Hindu diaspora? How have new technologies and modes of education transformed modes of making Hindus? What are the political contexts and implications of these different educational environments, especially with respect to such things as caste, gender, and Hindu nationalism? This roundtable will analyze Hindu education along the axes of space, audience, media, and application. Doing so will highlight Hindu education as a project of negotiation, innovation, adaptation, and perhaps liberation. By discussing such intersections, this roundtable will highlight the ethical importance of Hindu education as a subject of scholarly inquiry and its potential to enrich the study of Hindu traditions more broadly.