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Saturday, August 9, 2025
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Topic: Nationalism

Trump is ignoring the power of nationalism—at his own peril

Greenland & Panama have shown they will not cave easily as Trump puts their national identity at stake. Each time they refuse Trump, his credibility erodes further.

Indian middle class was once an agent of change. It now takes comfort in militant nationalism

In 'Middle Class India', Manisha Pande traces the evolution of the Indian middle class during the pre-Independence era, through the freedom struggle, and following the 1991 crisis.

Trump, Hitler, Savarkar represent nationalism that ‘narrows minds’—Congress workers’ training manual

The booklet on ideology is part of a training module, prepared by Congress's frontal organisation Seva Dal. The party advocates ‘Indian patriotism, not Hindu nationalism’, it says.

SubscriberWrites: India and its need for a National Strategic Security document

Lately, the political slugfest on national security has turned into a confused silence, as both government and opposition focus on other domestic issues, sidelining its impact.

‘Where’s the rasam in Amritsar’—how one question led this author on a search for inclusivity

Nandita Haksar’s 'Colours of Nationalism' is the second part of a series of memoirs in which she explores India’s marginalised realities through her work as a human rights lawyer.

Bharat Mata image, freedom struggle songs had videshi touch: Harvard Prof Sugata Bose

Sugata Bose calls it the ‘colourful cosmopolitanism’ and the ‘border-crossing possibilities’ of India’s nationalist freedom movement—where foreign influences could happily coexist with surging patriotism.

Not 1952, India’s electoral history started before Independence

Marya Shakil and Narendra Nath Mishra’s ‘India on the Move’ attempts to view events following the JNU event, the farmers’ protest, Balakot strikes and the subsequent unravelling of deep fissures within us.

Buddhism was used to promote nationalism. It was declared democratic, Aryan and Sanatan

In ‘Democracy’s Dhamma’, Gitanjali Surendran traces the history of buddhism in the South and South-east Asia and how it interacted with nationalism, modernity, caste and more.

NRC & surgical strikes in 2019 to nari, gareeb & annadata — welfarism over nationalism in BJP manifesto

The latest manifesto is in stark contrast with the one BJP released ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, which revolved around nationalism and the party's core ideological commitments.

Pope warns of rising nationalism in Europe, calls for end to Russian invasion during Hungary visit

In a hard-hitting speech, Pope told the Budapest government, including PM Viktor Orban, that accepting migrants along with the rest of the continent would be a true sign of Christianity.

On Camera

Buying Russian oil, misreading Trump—3 points will define India’s next energy strategy

India should have secured greater savings by pressing Russia for prices nearer the cap while sustaining high volumes. This would have preserved strategic autonomy and served economic logic.

Go Swadeshi—RSS affiliate SJM calls for boycott of US firms Amazon, Walmart after Trump’s tariff hike

New Delhi: The day after the US imposed a 50 percent trade tariff on India, RSS affiliate Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) has made an...

Shadow war over India’s defence procurement on social media raises concerns of dodgy & undue influence

One such website has drawn particular scrutiny for spreading fake stories that have upset not only the Indian but also foreign defence firms by falsely attributing misinformation.

Pakistan, Dhaka have played Washington well. Back home, Modi ecosystem has an inner conflict

To protect ourselves from Trumpian diplomacy, first we must introspect the bipolarity within our establishment discourse.