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Perumal Murugan

My mother was casteist, says writer Perumal Murugan

Writer was hounded by Hindutva and caste-based outfits for his novel Madhorubhagan.

29 Oct 2017 2:29 AM IST

Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath during Diwali celebration in Ayodhya.

Is Yogi Hindutva into progress?

A senior UP minister, who did not wish to be named, confirmed the BJP government's unofficial Hindutva agenda.

28 Oct 2017 2:15 AM IST

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi at 112th PHD Chambers Annual Session & Awards for Excellence 2017 in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Soft saffron' Cong: Will Rahul change its image?

What has been the result of the Congress grappling with Hindutva in Bhopal or flirting with it in Kerala?

27 Oct 2017 1:01 AM IST

Former Intelligence Bureau director Dineshwar Sharma said he would go to Kashmir in eight-to-ten days. (Photo: ANI)

Positive signal to J&K, now let's make it work

A focus on the youth necessarily means schemes that widen avenues for jobs and self-employment as well as training.

25 Oct 2017 1:06 AM IST

Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, 50, had been convicted on Friday of raping the two women at the sprawling headquarters of his hugely popular Dera Sacha Sauda sect in Haryana, in a case dating back more than 15 years. (Photo: AFP/File)

How our religious right exploits faith

What concerns the workings of democracy is how he could evoke such fierce loyalties.

22 Oct 2017 12:56 AM IST

The Green Tribunal observed that the ecology of the area surrounding the Taj Mahal cannot be compromised. (Photo: PTI)

Monumental neurosis: Taj is India's heritage

Hindu right-wingers need not be liberal secularists, and they should not be.

18 Oct 2017 1:25 AM IST

Shiv Sena President Uddhav Thackeray. (Photo: PTI)

Don't teach us patriotism, define your Hindutva: Uddhav to BJP

The Sena leader also pointed to the incongruity of the BJP sharing power with the PDP in Jammu and Kashmir.

1 Oct 2017 9:40 AM IST

Congress leader Ahmed Patel arrives at the parliament house in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Gujarat: A nervous BJP targets Ahmed Patel

The charges against Ahmed Patel about an alleged nexus with a terror element Qasim Stimberwala would fall flat anytime ...

16 Nov 2017 2:03 AM IST

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath addresses a press conference after releasing white paper on completing six months in office, at Lok Bhawan in Lucknow. (Photo: PTI)

Yogi's stand is at odds with the Constitution

Among CMs, Yogi Adityanath has a special place with the RSS-BJP.

16 Nov 2017 12:33 AM IST

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath addresses a press conference after releasing white paper on completing six months in office, at Lok Bhawan in Lucknow. (Photo: PTI)

Opposing 'Hindutva' equals opposing 'development': Yogi Adityanath

Hindutava is not synonymous with any religion but with nationalism, he said before embarking on a campaigning tour to...

15 Nov 2017 4:46 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Does PM Modi have an ideology?

The question is not whether the UPA was better at governance than the NDA, Chidambaram is accepting his government's...

5 Nov 2017 12:02 AM IST

Editor, social activist and a virulent critic of right-wing groups, Gauri Lankesh, was shot dead Tuesday night outside her residence in Bengaluru. (Photo: Facebook)

Of Lankesh, Ambedkar and Hinduism

Lankesh saw Hinduism not as a religion open to change but as a hidebound hierarchy ranged against women and the lower...

13 Sept 2017 1:58 AM IST