How to dismantle Hindutva?
By Dawn’s correspondent
THERE is no reason to believe that Hindutva cannot be defeated, or dismantled, as a group of intellectuals and academics have come...
Cultural Malware: The rise of India’s RSS
By Pieter Friedrich
In 2019, on Christmas Day, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) marched through the streets of the Indian city of Hyderabad in the...
Ruckus in Jharkhand Assembly continues as BJP MLAs shout ‘Jai Shri Ram’ slogans to...
The Bharatiya Janata Party’s MLAs in Jharkhand on Tuesday recited the Hanuman Chalisa hymn and shouted “Jai Shri Ram” slogans in the state Assembly...
Pehlu Khan lynching case: Rajasthan HC issues bailable warrants against 6 accused
The Rajasthan High Court has issued a bailable warrant against six persons, who were acquitted in 2019, in connection with the Pehlu Khan lynching matter by an...
US academic conference on ‘Hindutva’ targeted by Hindu groups
By Raqib Hameed Naik
Boston, US – For the first time in the United States, scholars and academics from various American and international universities have come together...
Under Modi, India Is an ‘Ethnocracy’, Not a Democracy
Soon after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) stormed to power in India in May 2014, Prime Minister Narendra Modi took the unprecedented step of celebrating his victory on...
Row in India over gov’t move to erase colonial-era ‘martyrs’
By Shaheen Abdulla and Aslah Kayyalakkath
Kozhikode, India – On August 26, 1921, Vadakkeveetil Mammadu led a war against the British colonial forces in Pookkottur, a village in Malappuram...
Right-Wing Activists Demand FIR against Hockey Coach Abid for Offering Namaz in Stadium
PILIBHIT – The Pilibhit police have failed to find any truth in the charges levelled against a hockey coach that he had offered ‘namaz’ in...
Modi should learn from Nehru how to remember the trauma of the Partition
By Partha S Ghosh
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is at it again. He has mastered the art of manufacturing controversy.
His goal is a simple one....
Apply anti-atrocities Act on Dalit Muslims, Christians: UN anti-race panel tells GoI
By Rajiv Shah
In a controversial move, which runs contrary to the current Modi government policy, the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial...
India must consider untouchability as a form of racism: Civil society tells UN panel
A Joint Civil Society* Contribution to the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) for the adoption of the List of Issues Prior...
‘Dilatory Tactic’: Umar Khalid Withdraws Bail Plea in Delhi Riots Case, Files New Appeal
New Delhi: Scholar and activist Umar Khalid, jailed after having been charged under sections of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act over what the Delhi Police claims...
100 Years Later, American Hindu Leaders Are Making the Same Mistakes
By Nikhil Mandalaparthy
“Anti-Hindu.” “Hinduphobic.” “Fake Hindu.” “Islamist proxy.” “Christian convert.”
These are just a few allegations that get thrown my way on a regular basis...
