‘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.
On 25 February 1981, Babu Jagjivan Ram delivered a speech in the Lok Sabha, underlining several issues plaguing the country — from communal riots, atrocities against Scheduled Castes to the condition of the working classes.
Regulator seeks feedback on allowing firms to repurchase shares via exchanges after tax changes, as markets reel from war-led selloff and foreign outflows.
China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.
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