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How defending a 70-year-old Muslim shopkeeper triggered FIRs, highway blockades, and a law-and-order crisis in Uttarakhand

What began as a local intervention against alleged intimidation over a shop’s name spiralled into right-wing mobilisation, multiple FIRs, and a national debate on selective policing, free speech, and communal harmony in Kotdwar

Why Won’t Right Wing Admit That Godse Was a Terrorist?

In this episode, Nikhil Wagle explains why Nathuram Godse...

In Decade Since 2009: 91% Hate Crimes Under NDA

Mumbai: Nearly 91% (262 of 287) of hate crimes...

He Freed The Cow, Who’s Going to Bell Yogi

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Vinayak Damodar Savarkar: An Icon of the Indian Right

Written by veteran journalist and author Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay, The RSS: Icons...

Kolkata: On the edge of a Precipice

Overnight Vidyasagar has been transformed into Bengal’s new political...

With uncertainty clouding the LS poll options & BJP’s Victory, RSS works on Three Alternatives

With the election results coming closer, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak...

How do the merchants of Hindutva compare to Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar?

Is there any politician today that is as educated,...

Silence Does Not Help Secularism

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Pragya Thakur’s Curse: “Maine kaha tera (Hemant Karkare) sarvanash hoga.”

“In Hinduism, conscience, reason and independent thinking have no...

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