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Disclosure and transparency from the RSS may finally expose decades-old ambiguities

The author, a historian and keen documentalist of the far right argues that if the RSS is compelled into legal transparency and accountability, murky details from the past could well tumble out of its century old existence

Modi’s Idiom and Indian Version of Fascism

Harsh Kapoor interviewed by Andy HeintzFirst published on: siawi.orgJune 2018 Do...

Kolkata group uses WhatsApp audio notes to counter communal hatred

WhatsApp caused over 25 deaths this year by helping...

RSS Desperate to Show it’s ‘Tolerant Side’, Wonder Why?

In this episode of " Media Par Khari Khari",...

Hindutva’s Poisoned Fruit and the World Hindu Congress

In early September 2018, I spent four days in...

ABVP members assault BHU students hosting gender equality event

The students argue that the police and the university...

Dr.Ambedkar’s views on minority rights, democracy and Hindu majoritarianism

Professor Christophe Jaffrelot (King’s India Institute, London) and Prof....

The Poverty of Politics and Pre-Requisites of an Anti-Hindutva Front

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Opinion: Ganesh Chaturthi Replacing Ganesh Pujo in Bengal: A Cultural Threat or Political Move?

Surprisingly, from last three to four years Ramnavami, Hanuman...

Afrazul’s family oppose LS ticket to his alleged killer

The family of Mohammed Afrazul, a Bengali migrant labourer...

IN FOCUS: Caste killed Pranay and intellectuals on Twitter empathized with the murderer

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