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In the Name of God
Since gaining independence in 1947, India has been a secular state. But now, as religious fundamentalism grips much of India's population, the greatest danger...
India: The Hindutva project – Distorting history, manufacturing culture
by Suhit K. Sen
The recent cultural blowback we have seen from the Hindu front line in the form of the absurdly precipitous move to...
How the Sangh Parivar is taking over education and culture institutions
By Praful Bidwai
A hallmark of the Modi government’s first 200 days in office is the beginning of the Sangh Parivar’s Long March through the...
‘Sarva Dharma Samabhava’ forgotten
The Sangh Parivar has made a habit out of raking up divisive issues which most people thought were settled at the time of Indian...
Increasing shades of Hindutva in education
By Nandini Sundar
Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani’s commitment to the Constitution is absolutely commendable.
We are supposed to understand that the decision to stop...
RSS building a deadly alliance against Muslims and Christians
The world obsessed with Islamist terrorism has not bothered to take any notice of a new terrorism network developing fast in India and its...
GHHF Suggestions to revise educational curriculum for different class levels in...
GHHF Suggestions to revise Educational Curriculum for different class levels in schools in Bharat
November 15, 2014
To: Honorable Smriti Irani Education Minister Government of India
Dear Honorable Smriti Irani: Let...
Inside an Indian camp for radical Hindu women
Indian-Canadian film-maker Nisha Pahuja spent years trying to get inside Durga Vahini, an Indian camp for radical Hindu women. She was finally granted permission and made the documentary The World Before Her. Here she describes what she saw in that camp.
Violence in Trilokpuri – Hindutva Priming for Delhi Elections (Jamal Kidwai...
By Jamal Kidwai
The recent violence in Trilokpuri and communal incidents in some other areas of Delhi suggest that these have been instigated with...
Hindu right rewriting Indian textbooks
By Raksha Kumar
Ahmedabad, Gujarat – You cannot blame Bhavana Vaja, 12, for telling you that the first aeroplane was invented during the mythical Dvapara Yuga, when the...
Adivasis of Jharkand and the RSS – Hindi pamphlet by Vir...
This is a pioneering (possibly the first such) pamphlet on the Tribals of Jharkand and the R.S.S. (the Hindutva right wing organisation). The author...
It’s Time India Accept Responsibility for Its 1984 Sikh Genocide
By Simran Jeet Singh
1984 remains one of the darkest years in modern Indian history. In June of that year, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi ordered...
India: No Justice for 1984 Anti-Sikh Bloodshed
(New York) – Successive Indian governments’ failure to prosecute those most responsible for killings and other abuses during the 1984 anti-Sikh violence highlights India’s...
