Topic: Right-wing
Modi’s favourite Rajaji was not alone, India had many free market thinkers who were ignored
From B.R. Ambedkar to G.K. Gokhale & S.V. Doraiswami to B.R. Shenoy, there have been many intellectuals who could be said to constitute India’s economic Right.
Why AMU’s middle name has never been more in focus than in the last five years
In the last five years, the Aligarh Muslim University has faced a series of rhetorical questions from India’s Hindu Right-wing groups.
Hindu Sena’s adoration of Queen Victoria shows they don’t know their history
The truth about British rule and Queen Victoria, as historians have written, is quite different.
What is the greatest challenge to the future of human rights? We the people are
The thing most likely to stall human rights progress is people around the world simply not considering them to be important
The most undeserving man is on his way to becoming a free speech martyr in India
The Right-wing’s use of draconian anti-free speech laws comes home to roost.
Here’s why the Right-wing is so muted about India’s raging #MeToo movement
Troll armies of the Right are happy to selectively target prominent Left-liberals but are not extending support to #MeToo in general.
Terror attacks don’t change the mind of the voters, it increases turnout
New study shows strong correlation between the increase in likelihood to vote and geographical proximity to a terror attack.
The Padmavati fracas is also about power and privilege
Free speech is important - but we should first ask whose free speech do we always rush to protect?
Global Pulse: Free speech as salvation; globalisation and plight of left-behind places
Free speech is not necessary for democracy, but "it’s our salvation from intellectual mediocrity and social ossification."
Global Pulse: We will take our country back (never mind that we’re already a sovereign nation)
'We will take our country back' is the universal cry of rightist reaction.
Modi should know India’s status as a nuclear weapon state demands responsible leadership
India is better served if we remain focused on building our capabilities and let them speak for themselves.
Is Supreme Court handling sexual harassment allegation against CJI Ranjan Gogoi correctly?
Two advocates Monday wrote to the Bar Council of India criticising it for its support to CJI Ranjan Gogoi and called the hearing a ‘travesty of justice’.
Defence
Indian Coast Guard increases maritime surveillance following Sri Lanka blasts
More ships and aircraft have been deployed to ensure India faces no security threat after a series of blasts killed 290 in Colombo, a Coast Guard official said.
Modi & Shah have turned India into ‘Jingostan’ & are out to conquer the paranoid country
The Modi-Shah BJP has resurrected dangers & the enemy from the past, and built a scary jingoism. It’s a great diversionary tactic, but it never ends well.