Hindutva

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The temple is built on the razed site of the Babri Masjid. The January 22, 2024 consecration of the 51-inch idol christened “Balak Ram” (Image:PTI)

Shikha Mukerjee | Modi has set his target, does BJP know where it’s headed?

The Ram Janmabhoomi movement and the gruelling cross-country journey of the Ram Rath led by Lal Krishna Advani was political

26 Jan 2024 12:00 AM

'Modi and India: 2024 and the Battle for Bharat' by Rahul Shivshankar and Siddhartha Talya. (Image: Twitter)

Pavan K. Varma | Road to Bharat is riddled with pitfalls of Hindutva

Cultural colonisation takes decades after that to be erased, and India is a good example to illustrate this.

24 Dec 2023 12:09 AM

It is evident that despite the head-start the BJP has regained, the game is still on. But to make the 2024 LS poll into an aggregate of polls, the Opposition parties, most importantly the Congress, have to muster greater astuteness than what the latter displayed in this round. (File image: PTI)

Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay | 2024 Game On; But Cong, Opp. Need to Act Smarter

The reasons behind the BJP’s victory in this round -- Modi factor, Hindutva, welfarism and party machinery -- may not work across states

06 Dec 2023 12:00 AM

Hindutva is a direct derivative of the name of the land of the Indus whereas Bharat derives from respected ancient Indian epic lore. (Image: Freepik)

Farrukh Dhondy | What’s in a name? From Persia to Iran & Mumbai: The rise of Bharat

Ironically, the ideological embrace of the powers that want to change the name of India to Bharat is called “Hindutva”.

16 Sep 2023 12:05 AM

Mr Shah, has built an election-winning machine, with greater resources than all of the Opposition’s combined. (Photo: PTI)

AA Edit | Is Amit Shah’s 300 vow a self-fulfilling prophecy?

There are several reasons why the BJP can both believe and work towards a repeat of the incredible performance of 2019

13 Apr 2023 12:10 AM

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin (PTI)

AA Edit | Opp. must win war of ideas: Social justice is a good start

Its compelling power was so strong that no party felt comfortable abstaining from it, making Mr Stalin achieve his first goal

08 Apr 2023 1:17 AM

The end-state of Hindutva is not concerned with either nation or Hindus as such, it is occupied by what can be done to the minorities. (Photo:PTI)

Aakar Patel | Targeting ‘others’: How will it benefit India or brighten the nation’s future?

The Hindutva State has introduced discriminatory and exclusionary laws and policies on citizenship, food, divorce, segregation and clothing

04 Apr 2023 12:20 AM

AA Edit | End obsession with the past

India should stop fighting with its past. It should take the problems of the present head on and secure the future of its youth

01 Mar 2023 12:15 AM

Other parties are divisive because of their propensity towards casteism but, and this is the thinking, the BJP is above caste. (Photo: PTI)

Aakar Patel | The caste factor and the BJP-RSS’ Hindutva politics in today’s India

The fact is that Hindutva wants Indians to worship caste, but it doesn’t want them to talk about it

20 Dec 2022 12:05 AM

BJP workers celebrate Gujarat Assembly election results in Ahmedabad, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022. (PTI Photo)

AA Edit | Useful lessons for Opp. in Gujarat, HP verdicts

A united Opposition and a narrative that can stand on its own without overlapping with that of the BJP could be a formidable combination.

10 Dec 2022 12:15 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi flashes victory sign during the celebrations of BJP's victory in the Gujarat Assembly elections, at BJP headquarters in New Delhi, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022. (Photo: PTI)

AA Edit | As Modi magic blooms, BJP sets new record in Gujarat

The projection of the BJP’s win in Gujarat on national politics must reflect on the sustainability of the Modi factor in all polls ahead

09 Dec 2022 12:10 AM

File photo of Emergency services personnel at the site after an LPG cylinder exploded inside a car, in Coimbatore, Sunday, Oct. 23, 2022. One person was charred to death in the incident. (Photo: PTI)

AA Edit | Govts in South must guard against Islamist extremism

Radicalisation of communities is the first in the literature of all terrorists

23 Nov 2022 12:05 AM

The "bow and arrow" was not just an electoral symbol; it represented the manner in which the party wanted to advance the cause of the slogans it had raised. (Photo: PTI)

AA Edit | Sena symbol: EC follows rules

Neither side should be given the advantage of the signs and symbols of the parent party in an election before its completion

10 Oct 2022 12:15 AM

Police attempt to detain Popular Front of India (PFI) and Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) workers during a protest against the raid of National Investigation Agency (NIA), in Hubballi, (Photo: PTI)

AA Edit | Isolate PFI over ideology

The PFI has fed itself on Indian Muslim’s sense of alienation and insecurity under a dispensation controlled by the Hindutva forces

30 Sep 2022 12:15 AM

Saffron flags lie outside a mosque a day after communal clashes in Jahangirpuri, a neighborhood in northwest Delhi. (AP Photo)

Aakar Patel | Failure of India’s bureaucrats to stand up for what’s right is troubling

It means that the entire bureaucracy is fine with the violence against minorities catalysed by the State

31 May 2022 12:31 AM

Farrukh Dhondy | On theocracy, secularism, and new truths about the past

Did Jinnah actually foresee the possibility of India’s pronounced secular democracy turning into a not-so-secular, intolerant nation with

01 Apr 2022 11:26 PM

After the world voiced its alarm, an FIR was filed against those who openly called for the mass murder of Muslims at a Hindu function in Haridwar. (file photo)

Aakar Patel | Listen to what the world says: Step back from the precipice…

It is not safe to be dismissive about words like genocide, but unfortunately, that is what India is doing today

25 Jan 2022 12:06 AM

Congress President Sonia Gandhi and party leader Rahul Gandhi during the party's 'Mehangai Hatao Rally' against the Central government, in Jaipur, Sunday, Dec 12, 2021. (PTI)

India is a country of Hindus, not Hindutvadis, says Rahul Gandhi

Priyanka also attended the rally attended by Sonia, Gehlot and Kamal Nath

13 Dec 2021 8:09 AM

Rahul: Is Hinduism about beating Sikhs, Muslims: No, Hindutva is

'We have to accept that the BJP-RSS has spread hatred in today's India,' said Gandhi

13 Nov 2021 6:42 AM

Newly appointed Uttarakhand Legislative party leader Pushkar Singh Dhami with party leaders, in Dehradun. Central observer D Purandeswari, Tirath Singh Rawat are also seen. (PTI)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | U’khand trouble spells end of Modi’s free run

The Assembly elections in April-May have shown that there are limits to the Prime Minister’s charisma

05 Jul 2021 7:09 AM

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