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Babri Demolition: Tales of Terror and Trauma

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...

RSS built Shabari temple to lure Gujarat adivasis stoking hate for minorities

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

Hindutva icon SP Mookerjee empowered Muslim League, did not protest Art 370

'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'

Fascism, Nazism shaped Hindu nationalism of RSS, Hindu Mahasabha

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

No, the Supreme Court did not uphold the claim that Babri Masjid was built...

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...

The Transformation of India Is Nearly Complete

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...

Gujarat 2002: Judges legitimized Hindu supremacy instead of dispensing justice

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

Hindutva Pop: Mixing dance tracks with calls for religious warfare

Mixing dance tracks with calls for religious warfare, Hindutva pop amplifies a wave of Hindu nationalism in Narendra Modi’s India.

Hindu Temple Triumphs in Babri Masjid Mosque Case

India’s Supreme Court on Saturday ruled in favor of a Hindu temple on a disputed religious ground in the country’s north and ordered that...

India’s BJP wants citizenship bill to counter mistakes in Assam’s NRC

Assamese groups are against the final version of the citizens' list that excludes indigenous and Hindu communities. Now, New Delhi wants to introduce a citizenship bill to save "genuine" residents from deportation.

VHP, Modi, Narasimha Rao’s roles in Ayodhya land title case

By Niharika Sharma Twenty-seven years after the Babri mosque at Ayodhya in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, was demolished, the Indian supreme court has given...

India draws the line on Kashmir

On 2 November, the Government of India’s Press Information Bureau released two maps that show all of the former (but contested) princely state of...

Former Supreme Court Judge slams Babri order

The Supreme Court announced its final verdict in the contentious Ayodhya case on November 9, less than a month after it concluded final hearing...

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