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The Colonial Roots Of Hindutva ‘Nationalism’
By Romila Thapar
For Indians of my age who grew up on the cusp of Independence, nationalism was in the air we breathed. Nationalism was...
The disturbing agenda to rewrite India’s history
By Faisal Kutty
Did you know that Vatican City, the Kaaba, Westminster Abbey and the Taj Mahal were once temples to the Hindu god Shiva?
These are...
They call us anti-national: Anand Patwardhan
By Anand Patwardhan
Their founding fathers came from the most conservative Brahmin castes, with enormous faith in the culture that empowered them.
They opposed the mainstream secular...
Rajiv Malhotra, Subramanian Swamy and Meghnad Desai represent anti-Indian ideology: Kancha...
By Ajaz Ashraf
The irrepressible social scientist, Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd (the title he assumed recently), speaks on the ideological hypocrisy of Non-Resident Indians and some of...
Poisoning Young Minds and Paving the Paths to Right Wing Expansion
By Vijay Prashad
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, the famous professor from Columbia University, calls me from rural West Bengal. She is in Birbhum, where Professor Spivak...
Savarkar justified the idea of rape as a political tool
The controversial figure castigated Maratha ruler Shivaji for sending back the daughter-in-law of the Muslim governor of Kalyan, whom he defeated.
Viewpoint: Why Hindu groups are against California textbook change
What it means to be Hindu and Indian have long been the subject of argument in India.
These disagreements have been amplified since the crowning...
Tracking the brain-washed foot soldiers of Bajrang Dal in Karnataka
'We work for Bajrang Dal just as Hanuman works for Lord Ram' — young men in Mangaluru on the fight for one vision, one people, one nation
Hindutva in America
By Arunabha Bagchi
In a recent article, “The Hindu Consensus” (13 March 2016), I had analysed the reason behind the rise and rise in India...
The Religious War Against American Scholars of India
By Elizabeth Redden
The distrust and even disdain with which many practicing Hindus view the scholars who study their religion would likely surprise many outside the...
Indian police receive life sentences for 1991 Sikh killings
Forty-seven police officers have been sentenced to life in prison by a special court in India for killing 10 Sikh pilgrims in 1991 and...
