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Dissecting Hindutva: A Conversation with Jyotirmaya Sharma | Nagothu Naresh Kumar

By Nagothu Naresh Kumar  It’s a good time to be a populist. Across the world, populism has made significant strides. Sanctimonious populism coupled with ironclad...

The fall and rise of India’s Yogi Adityanath

From small-town politician to chief minister of Uttar Pradesh through aggressive Hindu nationalism

LYNCHING MOBS, REPRESSIVE REGIME AND GLAMOURISATION OF WAR!

By Anuradha Bhasin Jamwal A society made habitual of violence, intimidations, suspicions where killings, torture, sexual abuse and pellet-gun related blindings are the norm is...

The politics of religious hatemongering in India

Young holy cow in JaipurThe irresistible urge to mix politics and religion usually comes at the expense of secularism, tolerance and vulnerable minorities. We...

‘He asked if I eat beef and then started hitting me’:...

Sooraj R, the IIT Madras student who was attacked on Tuesday for participating in a beef fest, has in a video statement to the...

Saffronisation of education in BJP-ruled Rajasthan

By Tabeenah Anjum There have been continuous attempts by the ruling BJP to saffronise the education system and root out liberal influences. For this, the...

Rajasthan textbooks: Stick to facts, don’t rewrite history

The case of the new Rajasthan textbooks is yet another chapter in the attempted politicisation of education in India. this is not the first...

Cow And Hindutva: Myths And Facts

The Hindutva juggernaut which rode on with Ram, love jihaad and ghar wapsi on top of it, is riding with cow this time. There have been countless incidents of lynching, maiming and robbing of Muslims and Dalits in the name of saving holy cows.

Who ‘loves’ Mob Violence ? Unfolding Hindu Rashtra in Slow Motion

By Subhash Gatade Jaipur — Rajasthan State Commission for Minorities has sought a factual report on a video that went viral on Thursday showing four...

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