‘The usage of saffron terror has backfired. After this verdict, the BJP will try to encash this and make this a core agenda,’ says Mumbai-based political analyst.
I had come across the term ‘saffron terror’ in one of the confidential papers prepared by the Union home ministry. But it was an issue that had the potential to snowball into a huge controversy.
'India’s Saffron Brigade', winner of an International award and first of a three-part documentary series ‘In Bad Faith’ by Shehzad Hameed Ahmad, turns its gaze on the growing communal divide in India.
Street gangs are building a Hindu nationalist state with low-grade, everyday terrorism. Earlier phases of communal violence at least didn't undermine the authority of institutions.
Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.
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