Monthly Archives: November 2019

It’s easy to get caught up in our own drama of Trumpian populism, especially with public impeachment hearings beginning. But it’s important to remember...

On the night of 11 November, Monday, Mohammad Jamal was lynched by four men while he was on his way to sell cows about...

By Valay Singh As the 26th death anniversary of Baba Lal Das approaches, his memory stands virtually erased from Ayodhya. On November 16, 1993, Lal Das,...

VHP’s biggest campaign, to construct the Ram temple in Ayodhya, is nearing completion. Hindutva organisation to now focus on staying relevant.

Hedgewar, Golwalkar forbade followers from joining Mahatma Gandhi-led freedom struggle. The RSS said Muslims and Christians, and not the British, were the enemy. “The Sangh must stay away from programmes born out of momentary enthusiasm and outbursts of mercurial emotions. Association with such programmes will only harm the stability of the Sangh,” said Golwalkar, the second supremo of the RSS.

LSE’s Shakuntala Banaji and Ram Bhat explain the findings of their recent research into how Whatsapp is used to spread misinformation in India, and make recommendations to improve how the platform and others tackle this problem.

By Saurabh Sharma India’s oldest and controversial legal battle of the Ayodhya-Babri title suit came to an end on Saturday, as the Supreme Court paved...

Aseemanand fabricated myths to fit local landscape into the Ramayana. ‘Saints’ such as Morari Bapu and Rithambara spewed venom. Violence followed

'Let me now refer to the situation that may be created in the province as a result of any widespread movement launched by the Congress. Anybody, who during the war, plans to stir up mass feeling, resulting internal disturbances or insecurity, must be resisted by any Government that may function for the time being'

A systematic analysis of how Italian fascism and German Nazism shaped Hindu fundamentalism of RSS, Hindu Mahasabha

Two intertwined contentions drove the Ramjanmabhoomi movement three decades ago. The first was religious: supporters claimed that the central dome of the Babri Masjid in...

By Hartosh Singh Bal NEW DELHI — On Saturday, fireworks were set off in parts of India to celebrate the verdict by the country’s Supreme Court to clear...

Even as the RSS leader admired Hitler’s crimes against Jews, he also favored Jews forcibly occupying Palestine