If our current timeline were to be narrated in a dystopian film, the first act would consist of fast, short clips of cultural conflict, of people being lynched, beaten up, and of speech that is brazen enough to empower separatists. I value Hindutva Watch’s work in this regard, in that these incidents are in the grey by the law and are not tracked as a representation of the times.
I geocode incidents up until Feb 2023, and integrate them into a prototype narrative explorer that could hopefully find use in newsrooms and research labs.
![Screenshot of the explorer. The accuracy of the geolocation has not been vetted. Dots overlap without counting density of events in very dense areas](/assets/hwatch1.webp)
![Proximity search in the contents of nearby events. What events near this event mention the RSS?](/assets/hwatch2.webp)
Github: https://github.com/rungdung/Mapping-Hindutva/tree/master