Hindutva Agenda

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Image: PTI)

AA Edit | Will Hindutva help Modi to win record 3rd term?

The Hindutva project for electoral gains has been overriding the topics Modi tried to bring to the focus of late.

27 Oct 2023 12:07 AM

Former Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said that despite the BJP's vote share remaining the same, seats have come down. The analysis of constituency-wise vote share may give reasons for it, like segment-wise anti-incumbency, among others. (Photo: Twitter)

BJP claims defeat in Karnataka polls not due to hindutva agenda

Accepting the defeat with utmost humility

15 May 2023 12:00 AM

Shikha Mukerjee | Silence can’t be an option: Why Modi must leash ‘fringe’ bhakts

The suspension of Nupur Sharma was an empty gesture

10 Jun 2022 1:54 AM

Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay | Politics of ‘us’ and ‘them’: The myths and the reality

Hindutva is spoken beneath the breath by the leadership but in high decibels by supporters

03 Jun 2022 12:21 AM

The CBSE has also removed from the curriculum chapters on 'Democracy and Diversity' and 'Challenges to Democracy'. (Representational Image/ PTI)

Pavan K. Varma | Urdu by any other faith sounds just as sweet…

It is my opinion that our educational content is still considerably trapped in the colonial legacy

01 May 2022 1:21 AM

If people disturb communal harmony, they must be punished as per the law; if they destroy public property, they must be compelled to pay compensation as per the law; and if they occupy illegal structures, they must be made to vacate, again, as per the law. (Representational Image/PTI)

AA Edit | SC faces tough challenge over rule of law in Delhi

The directive of the highest court of the land, however, was apparently not enough to halt the bulldozers

21 Apr 2022 12:30 AM

Hindus want a government that does not discriminate between religious communities, does not pursue minority appeasement, and recognises some of the remarkable and verifiable achievements of Hindu civilisation. (Representational Image/ PTI)

Pavan K. Varma | Do marching saints truly care what Hindus want?

The attempt to convert this great Sanatana Dharma into some kind of Wahabi faith is doomed to failure

17 Apr 2022 12:32 AM

Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay | Nehru, Ambedkar and the BJP: Revisiting of history?

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has personally led this new-found public embrace and appropriation of Dr Ambedkar’s legacy

11 Apr 2022 12:28 AM

Patralekha Chatterjee | How to destroy a nation: Intolerance, profligacy…

The normalisation of hate often goes hand-in-hand with normalisation of the 'otherisation' of the minorities

08 Apr 2022 12:48 AM

A couple of years ago, I wrote a book whose thesis was that Hindutva has no end state. Meaning that there is no particular goal that it wants to achieve. (Representational Image/ PTI)

Aakar Patel | Why divisive issues hold sway as ‘real’ ones ignored

The mass media in India is largely owned by corporate bodies

05 Apr 2022 12:41 AM

The young men in saffron scarves who yelled “Jai Shri Ram!” at girl students in hijabs were deliberately trying to foment serious political and religious conflict. (Representational Image/ DC File)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Of prejudice and religion: Free choice is paramount

There is no alternative to social evolution in a free society that respects everyone’s right to choose his or her lifestyle

16 Feb 2022 3:35 AM

Indian Press Information Bureau (PIB) shows a hologram of the statue of Indian nationalist leader Subhas Chandra Bose that was unveiled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in New Delhi. (AFP)

Mohan Guruswamy | RSS and freedom struggle: Still in search of genealogy

One now has to see the move to instal the statue of Subhas Chandra Bose in the vacant canopy on Rajpath as another act of misappropriation

27 Jan 2022 3:03 AM

BJP National President J.P. Nadda with former union minister Ramesh Pokhriyal speaks during BJP's 'Vijay Sankalp Yatra' in Haridwar, Saturday, Dec. 18, 2021. (PTI)

Pavan K. Varma | Time to teach a lesson to Haridwar’s hatemongers

Such a dangerous and revolting display of religious hatred cannot be passed off as a one-off incident

26 Dec 2021 10:33 AM

Hate crimes are not registered as a separate category by the State and there is little official information available on the matter. (Representational Image/ DC File)

Aakar Patel | New law likely to spell trouble for Christians in Karnakata

In the first two weeks of December 2021 alone, attacks against Christians were reported in Madhya Pradesh, Haryana and Karnataka

21 Dec 2021 2:02 AM

The dramatic shift towards an emphasis on the majority religion may have come about after a historic ruling in the Supreme Court settling the Ayodhya dispute and paving the way for the construction of the Ram temple. (Representational Image/ PTI)

AA Edit | Kashi, Ayodhya: Religion’s role in politics gets bigger

The fact is religion can never be separated from politics in India and has never been

16 Dec 2021 1:48 AM

Culinary politics and battles over what one can eat, what one can’t and where are likely to continue in the coming months as Assembly elections in various states draw closer. Representational Image. (DC File Image)

Patralekha Chatterjee | Veg or non-veg? In India’s food wars, free choice vital

The town planning committee of the AMC has just decided to make the city’s public spaces free of street carts selling non-vegetarian food

18 Nov 2021 2:09 AM

Bajrang Dal members stage a protest against the recent killings of Hindus and vandalism of a Durga idol by miscreants in Bangladesh. (PTI)

Pavan K. Varma | In mobocracy called India, art & rule of law casualties

The first myth that needs to be buried then is that there is a difference between the BJP and the so-called fringe

14 Nov 2021 2:19 AM

BJP on Thursday asked party president Sonia Gandhi to clarify whether she agrees with Mr Khurshid’s equating Hindutva supporters with the Islamic State. (PTI)

Oppn slams Khurshid for remarks against Hindus

A Delhi-based lawyer has filed a complaint against him, accusing the Mr Khurshid of comparing Hindutva with radical Islamic terror groups

12 Nov 2021 2:46 AM

Former chief ministers Prithviraj Chavan

Congress wants Shiv Sena to shun Hinduvta for alliance govt

The two parties have formed a 10-member committee to discuss the points before they agree to support the Sena-led government.

14 Nov 2019 2:47 AM

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