Friday, September 24, 2021

Sangh Parivar

Sangh Parivar is a collection of Hindu Nationalist organisations inspired by the ideology of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a Hindu nationalist paramilitary organization in India. Its members include the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Bajrang Dal, Vishwa Hindu Parishad, Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad, Durga Vahini, Sewa Bharati, Sewa International, Ekal Vidyalaya, Hindu Yuva Vahini, Sanatan Sanstha,Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh, Vanavasi Kalyan Ashram, Hindu American Foundation among others. The Sangh Parivar has a history of inciting and participating in organised communal violence against Muslims, Christians, Sikhs and Dalits (lower caste) in India.

Communalism

“We Didn’t Spare Gandhi”: Hindu Leader Arrested Over Threat In Karnataka

Reported by Nehal Kidwai, Edited by Saikat Kumar Bose A leader of Hindu Mahasabha has been arrested in Mangaluru with his two associates, a day after he...
Hindutva

US Ambassador Atul Keshap Protested Over RSS Visit

By Pieter Friedrich As controversy continues to swirl around US Ambassador Atul Keshap’s meeting with the chief of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a group...
Hindutva

How did Jai Shri Ram become a call for violence?

By Suchitra Vijayan In this video, Suchitra Vijayan examines how the chant Jai Sri Ram became a call for violence in India. She explores the historical...

Narendra Dabholkar Murder Case: Maharashtra Court Frames Charges Against 5 Accused

Hindutva
Pune: A special court in Pune on Wednesday, September 15, framed charges against five accused in the case of murder of rationalist Dr Narendra Dabholkar. Dabholkar,...

RSS: Single Greatest Enemy to Religious Freedom Faced by Indians Today

Hindutva
By Pieter Friedrich Last week, on 8 September, Atul Keshap, America’s acting ambassador to India, in literally his final act before returning home, met and staged...

From ‘Sanatana Dharma’ to ‘Sangh Parivar’: Meena Kandasamy on the evolution of political Hindutva

Hindutva
As transcribed from Dr Meena Kandasamy’s remarks during her session at the Dismantling Global Hindutva conference. What constitutes as ‘Hindutva’? I’m sure everyone has a different...

Anand Patwardhan: If Hindutva is Hinduism then the Ku Klux Klan is Christianity

Hindutva
By Anand Patwardhan Before I begin let me read a reply I sent to one of the many who cautioned me in the last few...

Death threats sent to participants of US conference on Hindu nationalism

Hindutva
An academic conference in the US addressing Hindu nationalism is being targeted by rightwing Hindu groups, which have sent death threats to participants and...

Tripura: RSS leader arrested for abducting class 9 Muslim student

Hindutva
By ATIKA SAYEED 5 people including Tapan Debnath, a local leader of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) have been arrested by Tripura police for allegedly abducting...

No place for Ganga-Jamuni tehzeeb, Hindu cause has to be prime: VHP

Hindutva
By Shishir Arya Nagpur: The very idea of Ganga-Jamuni tehzeeb (term used for fusion of Hindu and Muslim cultures in the country), is irrelevant. What...

How to dismantle Hindutva?

Hindutva
By Dawn’s correspondent THERE is no reason to believe that Hindutva cannot be defeated, or dismantled, as a group of intellectuals and academics have come...

Reading Savarkar: Was the Hindutva icon actually Hinduphobic?

Hindutva
By Vinayak Chaturvedi Accusations of Hinduphobia in those who do not see eye-to-eye with Hindutva have reached new heights in recent years. An obscure 19th-century...
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