The transnational Indian Hindu nationalist movement is history’s largest far-right organisational network and has repeatedly been implicated in mass violence against minorities. This network operates in thirty-eight countries where it lobbies, fundraises, and organises for the Indian far-right. To date, academic inquiry into the diasporic Hindu nationalist movement has almost exclusively focused on Indian diasporas in the global north. This project explores how Indian far-right Hindu nationalism in Southeast Asia is produced, what its effects are, and how global south-to-south diasporas can act as vectors of transnational far-right organising and influence. This project includes semi-structured with officials with 21 Indian Hindu diaspora civil society organisations across Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia with links to the Indian far-right. 

Felix Pal is a lecturer at the University of Western Australia's School of Social Sciences. His research interests revolve around the study of the global far-right, with a regional specialisation on South Asia. Felix researches ethnic politics, covert networks, political violence, transnational far-right networks and right-wing co-optations of progressive ideas of pluralism. In addition to their academic work, Felix is passionate about advocacy work and collaborates with pro-democracy actors to develop meaningful challenges to far-right organising in the 21st century.