Ideology

Inventing Hindu supremacy (aeon)

By Mihir Dalal To understand Narendra Modi’s India, it is instructive to grasp the ideas of the Hindu Right’s greatest ideologue, the world of British...

A Deeper State Vigilantism and surveillance in Modi’s Gujarat (Caravan Magazine)

By CHRISTOPHE JAFFRELOT THE NOTION OF a “deep state”—which has been mostly used, in South Asia, about Pakistan—refers to a political system where power is ultimately...

Ramachandra Guha: Attempts by Karnataka Congress to mimic Hindutva methods are...

By Ramachandra Guha The last assembly elections in Karnataka were held in May 2023. For several months prior to the polls, the headlines in the...

Sangh Parivar expands reach in Andhra Pradesh, but faces resistance (The...

By AYESHA MINHAZ Every Hindu house mounted a saffron flag and welcomed Ram, said a young BJP leader from Amalapuram in Andhra Pradesh, speaking about...

Will the slow saffronisation of Telangana help BJP in the 2024...

By AYESHA MINHAZ Days after a Hindutva mob burnt his fruit shop, Shaik Abdul Khadeer and his family were yet to return to their home...

Uddhav Thackeray bats for ‘inclusive Hindutva’ at Konkan rally, says Muslims,...

By SHOUMOJIT BANERJEE Stating that the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) faction’s brand of Hindutva was an inclusive one and not one that stirred religious...