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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...
Congress Party’s hidden role in demolition of Babri Masjid
By Madhu Trehan
Twenty-five years later the Supreme Court has ordered LK Advani and others to face trial now for the demolition of Babri Masjid...
The Conspiracy Behind Babri Mosque Demolition
By Ram Puniyani
After the long wait, the Supreme Court Chief Justice J.S. Khehar opined that long pending dispute of Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid should be...
Bajrang Dal hooligans attack police station in UP to rescue 5...
Agra witnessed clashes between the Bajrang Dal hooligans and police. The goons attacked a police station to rescue five detained men.
Umbrella politics of Hindutva
India is changing in significant ways. Marginalisation of Muslims, the largest minority in the country has often been discussed. It is getting more and...
Rahul Pandita’s New India: A Hindutva India
By Shamsul Islam
(It is in response to Rahul Pandita’s piece ’Gorakhpur and the Ghost of Gangadhar Adhikari’: Whether liberals like it or not, the...
