The Indian Right and Liberals all accepted the British conception of Hindu, Muslim and British India and the country's eventual decline. What they disagreed on was its cause.
These incidents and the way they were handled have once again put spotlight on what is being seen as BJP’s deficiency in addressing Dalit concerns & integrating them in Hindutva family.
BJP's Medha Kulkarni, now Rajya Sabha MP, came under the spotlight recently for her ‘gaumutra’ protest at ‘Shaniwarwada’ after a video showed women offering ‘namaz’ at the site.
After Jaya Mruthyunjaya Swami urged Lingayats to identify as 'Hindu' in caste census, Akhila Bharata Lingayat Panchamasali Samaj Trust said RSS & Hindutva groups 'controlling' the seer.
At the third Kapila Vatsyayan Memorial Lecture at IIC, the historian’s one-hour speech was nothing short of a ‘Romila Thapar ki Paathshala’ for today’s India.
In 'Hindutva and Hind Swaraj', Makarand Paranjape argues that the ideological clash between MK Gandhi and VD Savarkar continues to influence national life.
From implementing the Uniform Civil Code to cracking down on 'love jihad' and the latest education bill, Uttarakhand is becoming the BJP’s new 'Hindutva laboratory'.
Racism is a problem for privileged mainlanders only when it's meted out to them abroad. In their own backyard, it's normalised as 'I was just kidding. Chill yaar'.
The 7 February incident involving Tejas aircraft caused severe damage to its frame. IAF and HAL are working together as part of the Board of Inquiry (BoI) to probe the incident.
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