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Saturday, March 14, 2026
TopicHindu Right

Topic: Hindu Right

96 yrs after Dandi, Gandhi’s place in politics & call for a new Mahatma to address issue of ‘dignity’

Gandhi is one figure in India's history who can be appropriated by followers across the political spectrum.

Diljit Dosanjh disrupts Hindu Right imagination—a masterclass in GOAT patriotism

Dosanjh’s response to Right-wing intimidation is not anger or fear, but an impishness that leaves his opponents looking both petty and outdated.

Hindu Right is catching India’s military leaders young. It will politicise Armed forces

The Defence Services Staff College recently held a seminar on revising the idea of India to align with its Hindu civilisational legacy.

Rath yatra to pran pratishtha — the evolution of the ‘Right-wing intellectual’ over three decades

From newspapers to lit fests, the space for the Right-wing intellectual is growing by the day, a far cry from the 1990s, when this school of thought was almost anathema in such circles.  

Rashmi Samant’s life changed after Oxford row. She’s an author, runs a company & is feted in BJP circles

After resigning as Oxford student union president-elect amid racism and extremism allegations in 2021, Samant has written a book, ‘A Hindu in Oxford’, launched by senior RSS & BJP leaders.

History of Hindu temples & their economic worth — what’s the VHP-backed ‘Know your temple’ initiative

Digital platform launched by Akhil Bharatiya Sant Samiti general secy, who said India's Hindu temples hold 22,000 tonnes of gold and provide employment to crores of people.

Rahul Gandhi’s ‘rants abroad, hard-left gamble’ are miscalculations, says Hindu Right press

ThePrint’s round-up of how pro-Hindutva media covered and commented on news and topical issues over the last couple of weeks.

Modi’s charisma & Hindutva not enough— Hindu Right press on Karnataka result

ThePrint’s round-up of how pro-Hindutva media covered and commented on news and topical issues over the last couple of weeks.

‘All interfaith marriages not love jihad, but can’t deny facts’ — Hindu Right press on The Kerala Story

ThePrint’s round-up of how pro-Hindutva media covered and commented on news and topical issues over the last couple of weeks.

Khalistan activists are ‘useful idiots’ for Islamists’ anti-Hindu campaign, says Hindu Right press

New Delhi: Khalistan activists and Islamists are colluding to create “a narrative of Hindu hatred” in Western democracies, claims an article published this week...

On Camera

Menstrual leave doesn’t work in ‘real world’. And that real world is designed by, for men

When a woman menstruates, when/if she decides to marry, when/if she decides to have kids, should not be factors when looking at a woman’s potential from a hiring standpoint.

US strike on Iran’s key oil export island Kharg raises fears of wider supply disruption

President Trump said the US had bombed military targets on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, but spared oil infrastructure.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.