Topic: communalism
Trolling the dead, women’s underpants & ‘Pappu’s Pappi’: Here’s worst of the 2019 campaign
Modi, Shah, Mamata, Mayawati or Rahul — this Lok Sabha election will be remembered for its vicious, personal attacks as well as brazenly sexist and communal remarks.
Mayawati regrets ‘hatred between Bajrang Bali & Ali’ as fight over Gods deepens
From Mayawati to Yogi Adityanath to Azam Khan, Uttar Pradesh leaders continue to use Gods for campaigning purposes as the controversy rages on.
The good Muslim-bad Muslim binary is as old as Nehru
All political parties in India need Muslims for electoral survival.
Why is everyone so worked up over the phrase ‘Sarkari Mussalman’?
Forget ‘Sarkari Mussalman’, there is no place for even a ‘good Muslim’ in India's current political climate.
In Stalin’s first meeting as party chief, DMK accuses BJP of running an ‘electoral dictatorship’
The southern party slammed the Centre on issues ranging from demonetisation, Rafale deal, NEET and the prevailing economic situation.
Young Muslim women fight to control their own stories in Ghazala Jamil’s new book
In 'Muslim Women Speak: Of Dreams and Shackles', activist-scholar Jamil tries to find these women's real voices, instead of just presenting them as victims.
Atheist CPI(M) to ‘back’ Ramayana month events in Kerala
The party claims the idea is to encourage Sanskrit scholars vying to protect religion from communal forces.
Communalism in India is now several shades darker than what it was in the 1970s
In Everyday Communalism: Riots in Contemporary Uttar Pradesh, authors Sudha Pai and Sajjan Kumar make a serious attempt to understand the contemporary form of communal politics in India.
Dadasaheb Gaikwad is my Dalit icon because he did what Ambedkar couldn’t: Jignesh Mevani
My fascination for Dadasaheb Gaikwad has its roots in the failures of our own land struggle. Like me, he too was called a Communist stooge.
West Bengal is no longer difficult for the BJP to rise in
The history of Bengal since 1947 shows that the secular-liberal identity and religious identity could be coterminous if an enabling atmosphere exists.
Dead men talking
Reporting on Lanka's blood-soaked years, I watched names disappear from my notebook.
Budgam friendly fire: Should charge of culpable homicide be on the table in the fog of war?
A senior IAF officer and 3 other personnel could be booked for “culpable homicide not amounting to murder” in the February Mi-17 helicopter downing.
Defence
Bimal Verma files petition against KB Singh’s appointment as next Navy chief
He filed a petition in the Armed Forces Tribunal and contended that it should call for the service records of both him and Vice Admiral KB Singh and compare them.
Pracharak Modi: The mask you see, is the man you get
India has its first leader who is unapologetic about belonging to the social and political Right. This is how Shekhar Gupta foresaw Modi’s five years in this National Interest within three months of his victory in 2014.