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UP’s syncretic warrior cults facing Hindutva challenge

Be it the attack on the Gogamedi shrine in the Hanumangarh district of northern Rajasthan or the Neja Mela in the Sambhal district of western Uttar Pradesh, Hindutva’s systemic attack on India’s syncretic traditions, past and present, reveals its rigid and Brahmanical ideological orientation: imposition of a strictly hierarchical, exclusionary and structured notion of faith and practice

Nawazuddin Siddiqui’s Ramlila programme cancelled over opposition

A ‘Ramlila’ programme featuring actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui has been...

भारतीय कलाकार भी करते हैं पाक फिल्में

Image Courtesy: Alchetron.com  उड़ी हमले के बाद एलओसी पार भारत...

Scaling Impossible Heights: Poorna’s Forgotten Feat

  Of late, the name of PV Sindhu has been...

Why October 5 Must be Celebrated as ‘Indian English Day’ Every Year

In 1817, sometime in the month of October, English...

Food is our choice, land is our right: K’taka Dalit activists kick off Chalo Udupi march

The six-day event focuses on bringing together diverse groups...

What Sunkanna’s Resistance Means: Dalit Scholar Refuses to Accept His PhD From Appa Rao

This Dalit scholar’s act is more than symbolic. It signifies...

यो यो हनी सिंह की स्टाइल कॉपी की तो बाल मूँड़ दिए

राजस्थान की पुलिस अब दलितों की हेयर स्टाइल भी...

What it means to be black in the American educational system

Many people still think that racism is no longer...

भारतीय इतिहास में मिसफ़िट वैदिक युग

कैसा इतिहास-बोध है कि सिंधु घाटी की सभ्यता के...

Jamiat to Organize Woman Conferences to show Muslim Women are not Against Sharia

Photo credit: Two CirclesThe Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind has decided at...

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