definition for: #DeWesternizingIndia

This hashtag relates to the campaign by the government of Prime Minister Modi to rid India of the "cultural pollution" of Western influences. According to a statement by India's Minister for Culture, Mahesh Sharma, the government’s cultural agenda is driven by the anxieties of the ruling party and its ideological mentor, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, about the purity of Indian culture, the “polluting” effects of westernisation, the alleged disappearance of Sanskrit, and the consequent need to "re-educate" the citizenry (See the news report in The Telegraph on 8 September 2015 under the title "Centre targets 'cultural pollution'"; see also the discussion in The Scroll on 12 September 2015 under the title "Thank you, minister, for talking about the ‘cultural pollution’ in India").