Monthly Archives: May 2017
How Savarkar Escaped Conviction For Gandhi’s Assassination
By Pavan Kulkarni
Vinayak Damodar Savarkar turned his back on his lieutenants in order to escape charges in Gandhi’s murder. But a commission established his...
A nation of vigilantes – Lynch mob republic
By Mukul Kesavan
These three years have seen the State fuse with the street to create a vigilante nation. If India’s first national movement was...
Postcard News: Mass producing fake news
Alt News requests its readers to be extremely careful about articles from Postcard.news as there is a high likelihood of it being absolutely fake.
Injustice, Intolerance and Intimidation in the Making of a ‘Hindu Rashtra’
By Megha Pansare
The veteran rationalist thinker, writer and communist leader Govind Pansare was brutally assassinated in Kolhapur on February 20, 2015. More than two...
Death stalks the land
By Ananya Vajpeyi, New Delhi,
The violence is not just structural or ideological – it is increasingly physical, visceral and collective – intended not only...
