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On the 50th anniversary of India’s formal ‘Emergency’, how the RSS betrayed the anti-emergency struggle

How the authoritarian proto-fascist RSS not only in a sense supported India’s formal Emergency (1975-77), filed mercy petitions for early release from prison but also –in sharp contrast—played no part in the fierce and challenging struggle for India’s freedom against colonial rule

Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt denied temple entry over Kapoor’s 11-year-old interview about eating beef

Ticket sales for their upcoming movie through the roof even though some seers support Bajrang Dal, VHP for stopping them

Karnataka: Sri Ram Sena Chief Vows to Observe Savarkar Utsav During Gauri Ganesh Festival

Sri Ram Sena members are also pressuring government officials to allow gauri ganesh celebrations at disputed Eidgah maidan in Chamrajpet.

Independence Day: Right-wing ideologues march with bulldozers in New Jersey

Bulldozer has been at the center of controversy after authorities have demolished houses claiming that structures are illegal

Low-key communalism? Right-wing groups ‘compete’ in Gujarat for anti-Muslim space

Noticing the emergence of a novel trend, a just-released...

Booker Winner Geetanjali Shree’s Event Cancelled in Agra After Complaint Against Her

"A man named Sandeep Kumar Pathak from Sadabad in Hathras district has filed the complaint against the writer. In the complaint, he has blamed Geetanjali Shree for alleged objectionable comments on Lord Shiva and mother Parvati," he said.

Gauri Lankesh case: CCTV footage shared with counsel for the accused

Footage reportedly shows two men shooting at her; next date of hearing is August 8

Hindu Rashtra is the ‘antidote’ to anti-India propaganda, will be realised by 2025: HJS

The ongoing 6-day convention in Goa, June 12-18, has as many as 350 Hindutva organisations, including RSS, participating in the 10th such meet

A Hinduism that is the mirror opposite of Hindutva

First Published on: December 5, 2015The making of “Ram...

Constructed-selective past: Divisive Politics: Mosques and Shivlings

Image: ANIRSS is the organisation with progeny going into...

Ubriddled hate and Islamophobia on display at RSS event

Chief Ministers of BJP-ruled states made unsubstantiated claims of running riot-free states and shared plans to remove ‘infiltrators’ 

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Pushed Back, Let Down: How the state has let down the marginalised in Assam

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