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  1. 16. Hinduiska festivaler i en svensk kontext : En kvalitativ intervjustudie om hur de hinduiska festivalerna Navarātri och Divali firas i Sverige

    Kandidat-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper (KV)

    Författare :Tuva Nilsson; [2022]
    Nyckelord :Hinduism; diasporahinduism; festivaler; Navarātri; Divali;

    Sammanfattning : This present study describes how two of the most popular Hindu festivals, Navarātri and Diwali, are celebrated in Sweden. With the help of six qualitative interviews with members of Hindu organization active in Sweden. LÄS MER

  3. 17. Adapting to melting glaciers : how Western Himalayan societies frame climate change and adaptation

    Master-uppsats, SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Författare :Taha Anis; [2022]
    Nyckelord :Adaptation; identity; risk and Information; authority; Himalayas; frame analysis; Gilgit-Baltistan; Pakistan;

    Sammanfattning : The glaciers of the Hindu-Kush Himalayas region flow into 10 major river basins and sustain nearly 2 billion people, with 250 million being directly dependent on them for freshwater sources while a further 1.65 billion rely on their outflows. LÄS MER

  4. 18. En hinduisk död i Sverige : En enkätstudie om hur begravningsbyråer och krematorier i Sverige anpassar dödsceremonin kremering

    Uppsats för yrkesexamina på grundnivå, Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för samhälls- och kulturvetenskap (from 2013)

    Författare :Frida Hermansson; [2021]
    Nyckelord :Hinduism; Diaspora; Death; Adaptation; Cremation; Sweden; Hinduism; Diaspora; Död; Anpassning; Kremation; Sverige;

    Sammanfattning : We are all going to die. Despite how the human lives, the path to death has different patterns. For hinduism a vital ritual for a good death is to be cremated, especially in the holy city Varanasi. Therefore this essay has studied how Hindus in diaspora, Sweden, want to be cremated and what their wishes from funeral homes and crematoriums are. LÄS MER

  5. 19. A lone SEAL : What failure can tell us

    Uppsats för yrkesexamina på grundnivå, Försvarshögskolan

    Författare :Joel Engström; [2021]
    Nyckelord :specialoperationer; McRaven; Operation Red Wings; specialförband;

    Sammanfattning : Special operations are conducted more than ever in modern warfare. Since the 1980s they have developed and grown in numbers. But with more attempts of operations and bigger numbers, comes failures. One of these failures is operation Red Wings where a unit of US Navy SEALs attempted a recognisance and raid operation in the Hindu Kush. LÄS MER

  7. 20. A Jihad on Love : A study on the phenomenon of love jihad in relation to Hindu nationalist constructs of identities in India

    Master-uppsats,

    Författare :Joakim Björkelid; [2021]
    Nyckelord :India; Hindu nationalism; communalism; propaganda; Vishva Hindu Parishad; Is-lam; hindutva;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of this paper is to investigate the Indian Hindu nationalist concept of “love jihad”, an idea based upon the alleged fact that Muslim men actively seeks out non-Muslim women for conversion to Islam by various methods including, false promises of love and abductions. While the accusation that Muslims are conducting love jihad currently is being propagated by several active Hindu nationalist groups, the focus of this paper lies on the Viśva Hindū Pariṣad (VHP) and the Rāṣṭrīya Svayaṃsevak Saṃgh (RSS), two major branches within the so-called family of Hindu nationalist organisations, or the Saṃgh Parivār. LÄS MER