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Eid Milad 2026: Processions, clashes and the politics of communal provocation across India

From Mumbai’s Parel-Chinchpokli belt to Bengaluru and Rajasthan, August 26 saw a series of confrontations, disputes and allegations of provocation around Eid-e-Milad processions

Resurrecting Godse: The Hindutva continuum

In Frontline, January 28, 1994, Arvind Rajagopal describes his...

Gopal Godse: ‘Nathuram did not leave the RSS’

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At last they got him, after five unsuccessful attempts

  If Nagpur, in Maharashtra in western India is the...

The RSS and the Freedom Struggle

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‘Teach them a lesson’

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The Sangh’s bloody trail

Hindu communal organisations have always maintained that it is...

Hubli hungama, Hindutva’s hypocrisy

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Blood for blood: An extract from Tamas

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Talaq Talaq Talaq

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‘We need to carry the ulema with us’

  Uzma Naheed Director, Iqra Education Foundation Member, AIMPLB   To begin with,...

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