Hindutva ideology

In addition to the Hindutva ideology, the demonisation of Muslims is a useful distraction for those in power. Munawar Faruqui makes people laugh for a...

By Dr Seema Khan Samuel Huntington’s ideas may have seemed far-fetched to some in 1992 when he predicted future wars to be “not between countries,...

By Harish S Wankhede The Hindu right wing has remai­ned a reactionary force towards the Dalits, Adivasis, Muslims, students, feminists and other marginalised communities. Their...

Vinayak Damodar (“Veer”) Savarkar can, with some justice, be described as the inspirational force behind the resurgence of militant Hinduism in contemporary India. His...

Beyond the pictures of funeral pyres in abandoned quarries, beyond the wails of women beseeching hospital officials to admit their relatives gasping for oxygen,...

Religious nationalism is ubiquitous today. Hindu, Buddhist, Sikh, Jewish, Christian, and Muslim variants wield influence across the globe. Some have attempted to explain religious nationalism’s...

The landmark verdict by India's supreme court regarding the former site of the famous Babri Masjid, which was demolished by a large mob of...

On the evening of September 5, 2017, barely two steps away from her residence in southwest Bangalore, journalist Gauri Lankesh was shot dead by...

Part I: Introduction to Hindutva (Extreme Hindu Nationalism/Hindu Fascism) The current ruling political party of India the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) stems from an ideology...