State institutions see advocating for Hindus as a reputational risk.
Defeat and stigmatisation leads to a sense of national shame, self-Orientalism and inferior status.
"[Such] states become extra-sensitive to concerns about status, and shape their foreign policy accordingly."
Defeat and stigmatisation leads to a sense of national shame, self-Orientalism and inferior status.
"[Such] states become extra-sensitive to concerns about status, and shape their foreign policy accordingly."
"Not being of the West; being behind the West; not being modern enough; not being developed or industrialised, secular, civilised, Christian, transparent, or democratic - these descriptions have all served to stigmatize certain states through history." - Ayşe Zarakol
Elites of defeated and demoralised nations often forget what victory feels like, and instead act self-deprecating and status-conscious; sensitive to the opinion of foreigners, instead of their own patriotic masses.
In that sense, India is akin to Armenia, Cyprus, Japan, Serbia.
In that sense, India is akin to Armenia, Cyprus, Japan, Serbia.
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