Hijab and Right Wing Politics

https://freespeechcollective.in/censorship/shhhutter-the-p-word-at-your-own-peril/ Geeta Seshu examines how online space continued to shrink when it came to any mention of the genocide in Gaza. On December 9, 2025, they posted a video about the manner in which Israeli tourists to Himachal Pradesh, a large number of whom are soldiers of the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF),  routinely come to the state to unwind as part of their decompression post-military service.  A coordinated attack on this post saying that the duo were “inciting targeted attacks, similar to the Bondi Beach attack, against Jewish tourists”. Other accounts, including those from prominent right-wing journalists Aditya Raj Kaul and Kamlesh Singh, a news director at India Today, called for their arrest. Some accounts called for violence against them, including rape and death, while others issued calls for ripping off the nose ring one of them wears! Pundir, who identifies as queer, was subjected to homophobic attacks.