The Religious War Against American Scholars of India
By Elizabeth Redden
The distrust and even disdain with which many practicing Hindus view the scholars who study their religion would likely surprise many outside the...
Indian police receive life sentences for 1991 Sikh killings
Forty-seven police officers have been sentenced to life in prison by a special court in India for killing 10 Sikh pilgrims in 1991 and...
The spectre Assam elections immigrants fear
ON THE AFTERNOON OF 22 FEBRUARY 2014, Gujarat’s then chief minister, Narendra Modi, strode up to a lectern at a political rally in Silchar, in...
Parivar’s wish: Education for Hinduisation
By C.P. Bhambri
A common thread which connects the campus disturbances at the Film and Television Institute of Pune, Central Hyderabad University and Jawaharlal Nehru...
The jingoistic frenzy being whipped up by the BJP can do the nation serious...
By T K Arun in Cursor
Finish off the deshdrohi (traitor)! This is the BJP’s new war cry. And the Opposition is reportedly being put on the...
UC Irvine rejects millions in gifts from Hindu group suspected of having ties to...
By TERI SFORZA / Orange County Register
UC Irvine has rejected millions of dollars in gifts from a nonprofit foundation that seeks to promote cross-cultural understanding...
Muzaffarnagar Riots: Main Accused In Gangrape Of 14-Year-Old Arrested
MUZAFFARNAGAR -- The main accused has been arrested in connection with the gangrape of a 14-year-old girl, who was rehabilitated along with her family...
University of California, Irvine, Steer Clear of the Hindutva Forces and Reject Their Donations...
By SAHMAT
DATE: 12-02-2016
Press Statement
We the undersigned are seriously concerned that the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh which is a militant Right-wing Hindu-supremacist organization that has played...
How democracy in every sphere of life holds the key to Dalits’ redemption
By T K Arun
A sovereign, socialist, secular, democratic Republic — this is what India is supposed to be. Republic, it certainly is, and sovereign,...
The Right-Wing Attack on India’s Universities
By Aatish Taseer
Varanasi, India — I met Sandeep Pandey days after he was sacked from his position as a visiting professor at a prestigious technical...
Combatting Communalism in India
By Javed Anand
When India’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) swept to power in last year’s elections, there was an abundance of media hype about the...
Undermining Constitution – Hindu Nationalist Agenda
By Ram Puniyani
With Modi Sarkar coming to power in the centre (May 2014), the picture of the country has changed drastically for the worse....
LYNCH AND BURN: HINDUTVA’S SLAUGHTER METHODS
By Megha Bahl and SharmilaPurkayastha Secretaries, PUDR
On 18th October 2015, Zahid Ahmed Bhat succumbed to his burn injuries in New Delhi’s Safdarjung Hospital. Bhat,...
