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When History substitutes Governance: Hindutva’s Politics of Manufacturing Pasts
Inventing kings, rebranding dynasties, and fabricating history to mask policy failure and engineer caste-communal politics
Kalicharan Maharaj allowed to deliver hate speech in Baramati
Despite complaints to the state, district, and local police chiefs, no preventive measures were taken to prevent the event from happening.
RSS’ organ Panchajanya alleges “SC is working as a tool at the hands of anti-India forces”
Not to be stopped in its intimidation even if is contempt, in its recent editorial, the right-wing publication in Hindi criticized the Supreme Court for issuing notice to the Centre over the ban on the BBC documentary on PM Modi
Love in times of Bhagwa: Bajrang Dal and Shiv Sena causes disruptions in many parts of the country, harass couples on Valentine’s Day
From forcing them to run, assaulting them, and even making them tie rakhi to each other, self-appointed guardians of “Hindu culture” cause havoc
Chhattisgarh: Sahu Samaj leader calls for mass violence against Muslims
He said there is no space for Muslims in this country where we worship god and goddesses
Finally, Aarey police detain, then free right wing members of Hindu Jan Akrosh Morcha, no FIR filed
After their third rally in the state in recent weeks, where hate speech and provocative exhortations have targeted the Muslim minority, some action is taken against the agent provocateurs
‘Trishul Diksha’ in poll bound Rajasthan, a matter of grave concern
Distributing trishuls that are actually daggers, has been the strategy of right wing groups to spread their ideology of ‘Hindu Rashtra’ and to use these weapons to ‘protect Hindu religion’
Hari Singh addresses the media, calls for violence against the minorities, confesses to murdering 80 people
Will Jantar Mantar become the next spot for Hinduvta forces to advance their sectarian agenda as hate speeches continue unabated?
Protest against ‘Halal Certificate’ in Dhanbad latest in an effort to create another stigma & bogey
Far right Hindu Janjagruti Samiti is now leading a nationwide campaign against so called ‘Halal Jihad’
Is the VHP above the law in this new age of impunity?
VHP leader Sharan Pumpwell publicly states that the murder of Fazil was committed by their Hindutva activists
No discussion on who killed Mahatma Gandhi is complete without addressing idea of a Hindu Rashtra
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When History substitutes Governance: Hindutva’s Politics of Manufacturing Pasts
Inventing kings, rebranding dynasties, and fabricating history to mask policy failure and engineer caste-communal politics