HCT Course Schedule

  • Each week we will study an episode of my presentation and discuss. That will include discussion and Q/A with me and might include breakouts.

  • We will take short breaks.

  • There will be closed captions in English during each video presentation.

  • Pay attention to the trigger warnings and guidelines each week.

 

What topic to expect each week

 

Week 1: Hindus before Colonization (59 minutes long)

  • Economy

  • Arts and Crafts

  • Education

  • Social Structure

  • Contemporary civilizations

  • Science

  • Women

  • Queer / Trans identities

 

Week 2: Colonizers enter India (91 minutes long)

  • Who colonizers were

  • What colonizers wanted

  • Weapons of war

  • Impact of colonization

  • Connection to slavery

  • Racism and Colorism

  • White feminism

  • Relevance today

There are also two supplement videos that are 44 minutes and 3 minutes respectively.

 

Week 3: Caste and Supremacy (97 minutes long)

  • What is caste

  • Who created caste

  • Who profits

  • Who suffers

  • What colonizers say

  • What decolonizers say

  • Which voices to center

  • Caste laws

There is also a supplement video that is 21 minutes.

 

Week 4: Psychological Warfare (91 minutes long)

  • Divide and conquer

  • Aryan race

  • Who was hurt

  • Who profited

  • Who fought Aryan race ideology

  • Who perpetuates Aryan race ideology

  • Dowry origins

  • North / South divide

  • Who is Indigenous

There are also two supplement videos that are 16 minutes and 35 minutes respectively.

 

Week 5: Independence (85 minutes long)

  • What caused Partition

  • Who was Gandhi

  • Who was Jinnah

  • Who took power

  • Were Hindus free

  • Decolonial policies

  • Secularism

  • Political spectrum

  • Unity fault lines

There is also a supplement video that is 23 minutes.

 

Week 6: 1000+ and Counting (52 minutes)

  • Indigenous connection to animals

  • Western narrative of “cow violence”

  • Victims of “cow violence”

  • Colonial history of Kashmir

  • Indigenous people of Kashmir

  • Western narrative on Kashmir

  • What causes riots

  • Riot connection to colonial trauma

  • Western narrative on riots

There is also a supplement video that is 40 minutes.

 

Week 7: Hindus outside India (64 minutes)

  • Hindus around world

  • Why Hindus are around the world

  • Relationship between Hindus and host countries

  • How Hindus maintain traditions and identity

  • Hindu refugees

  • Media and Hindus

  • Western narrative on Hindu ideas

  • Any compassion for Hindus

  • Why violence against Hindus

There is also a supplement video that is 49 minutes.

 

Week 8: What you can do (46 minutes)

  • Biggest threats

  • Marginalized voices

  • Food

  • Celebrating Hindu resistance

  • Right this minute

  • Does money help

  • Decolonization meaning

  • Allyship

  • Resources

There are also three supplement videos that are 52 minutes, 45 minutes, and 6 minutes respectively.

 

Once you have completed the course, I will share bonus content also.

 

If you would like to request private time with me beyond your 1 hour course allowance, send me an email.