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Tuesday, April 23, 2024
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Topic: Hindutva

How an atheist laid the foundation of contemporary Hindu nationalism

Savarkar’s treatise was the foundation for the 2014 BJP manifesto, which set the party’s agenda to mend the ‘discarded vision’ of a Hindu nation.

Where is Dara Shukoh buried? A municipal engineer has found the answer to Mughal history’s puzzle

A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint this week.

There’s much to question Hindutva/RSS about, calling it ISIS is more a rant than politics

Salman Khurshid isn’t the first to succumb to pre-siesta intellectual laziness. Congress leaders taking the cue must read up on ISIS and learn electoral politics all over again.

Namaz isn’t an anti-Hindu act. Time for every Indian to defend Islam

Hindutva politics has conjured up new claims to target the most sensitive aspects of the Muslim psyche. It wants to provoke a collective response.

Baba, laced ladoos, assault — Why Prakash Jha and Bobby Deol’s ‘Aashram’ angered Hindu groups

The Bajrang Dal said ashrams are sacred to Hindus and the name of Prakash Jha’s show must be changed.

How parents of Hindu woman ‘hired’ Hindutva activists to kill her Muslim boyfriend in Belagavi

Belagavi police probe into the ‘murder’ of Arbaz Aftab Mullah has revealed that he and his mother were intimidated first and then extorted. His body was later found on a railway track.

‘Parents of Belagavi Hindu woman got Hindutva vigilantes to kill her Muslim lover’, 10 arrested

Police claim activists of Sri Ram Sene Hindustan took money from woman's parents, and then intimidated, extorted money from, and killed Arbaz Aftab Mullah on 28 September.

‘We’re against interfaith relationships’: Sri Ram Sene offshoot suspected in Belagavi murder

Sri Ram Sene Hindustan members are accused in alleged murder of Muslim man. Its founder says ‘all communities feel for victim, but tying it to Hindutva activists is unacceptable’.

‘Dismantling Global Hindutva’ was neither a success nor a failure. But didn’t have solutions

Campus Voice is an initiative by ThePrint where young Indians get an opportunity to express their opinions on a prevalent issue.

The gains of Dismantling Global Hindutva conference will help reclaim Hinduism

The fact that hundreds of believers of Hindutva were intently listening to a conference elaborating on the nature of the ideology was truly noteworthy.

On Camera

Iran and Israel don’t have free will to start a war. It’s contingent on geopolitics

The reasons for both sides preventing any escalation lie in the political and military context of the strategic situation in West Asia within the larger global geopolitical framework.

Economists vs statisticians — the battle being fought over the soul of India’s GDP data

Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.

‘No brides for Agniveers’: In Rajasthan’s ‘Shaheedon ki nagri’, few takers for defence coaching centres

Coaching centres for Army aspirants in Jhunjhunu are shutting down due to plummeting admissions in the face of a lack of job guarantees under Agnipath Scheme.

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.