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Mahatma Gandhi
Hindutva
What the Veneration of Gandhi’s Killer Says About India
By Yasmeen Serhan / The Atlantic
Imagine an America in the not-so-distant future. A right-wing populist politician has just been reelected president of the United States,...
Hindutva
Gujarat Official Suspended After School Elocution Contest on ‘My Idol Nathuram Godse’
New Delhi: The Gujarat government on Wednesday, February 16, suspended a youth development officer hours after reports emerged that an elocution competition on the topic...
Hindutva
Why Was Mahatma Gandhi Killed?
By Harish Khare
Note: This article was originally published on January 30, 2019 and republished on January 30, 2022.
As is their wont, our new rulers...
Communalism
Now, Uttar Pradesh ‘Dharm Sansad’ calls for ‘Hindu Rashtra’, Seers say Gandhi not Father of the Nation, Nehru not ‘first’ PM
After the 'Dharm Sansad' (religious gathering) at Haridwar in Uttarakhand last year, yet another 'Dharm Sansad' called for making India a 'Hindu Rashtra' even...
Communalism
Gandhi’s Death Anniversary: Is Ahimsa Losing to Godse’s Hate & Violence?
By Purnendu Pritam
Yeh Jo India Hai Na... here, on 30 January 1948, Nathuram Godse killed MK Gandhi. The man who stood for ahimsa, who...
Hindutva in Media
Calls mount to ban on movie portraying Mahatma Gandhi’s assassin as hero
Various politicians, film personalities and activists have called for a ban on a movie titled “Why I Killed Gandhi” that is set to be...
Ideology
India under threat from the ideology that killed Mahatma Gandhi
The makeover in the image of Nathuram Godse is for everyone to see: from a murderer, a conspirator, terrorist to a ‘martyr’ who supposedly ‘deserves’ a temple in his name everywhere
Hindu Mahasabha
Hindu Mahasabha leader celebrates Mahatma Gandhi’s death by shooting him again
Hindu Mahasabha national secretary Shakun Pandey shot at an effigy of Mahatma Gandhi on Wednesday, celebrating 'Martyr's Day' in Uttar Pradesh's Aligarh.
Ideology
When Veer Savarkar told me Muslims in India should be treated as ‘Negroes’ (DailyO)
By Tom Treanor
Muslims ''will have the position of negroes in your country'' is only one of the many things Hindu ideologue Vinayak Damodar Savarkar...