‘Turning History Upside-Down’: Irfan Habib on Hindutva’s ‘Indigenous Aryan’ Theory
By Snigdhendu Bhattacharya
Kolkata: More than eight decades ago, in 1938, India saw the first comprehensive attempt at rewriting its history when Madhav Sadashiv Golwalkar, the...
Tamil Nadu: RSS man arrested for harassing nuns
A member of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, Ganesh Babu, was arrested on Saturday for allegedly harassing two Christian nuns in Illuppur Pudukkottai district of Tamil...
‘Watershed’: Dalits hail US university’s caste discrimination ban
By Raqib Hameed Naik
In early 2020, Prem Pariyar was almost at a breaking point over targeted harassment, discrimination and exclusion by the dominant caste group’s students at...
Hindutva Is Running Into Difficulties – by Rajmohan Gandhi
By Rajmohan Gandhi
Change may be far off but it can be smelt. No, I am not speaking of the upcoming elections in five states...
Hindutva goons barge into railway prayer hall, demand its closure
A Hindutva outfit in Karnataka has objected to an old prayer room at a railway station in Bangalore and has threatened consequences if permission...
Hindutva’s Circulation of Anti-Muslim Hate Aided by Digital Platforms, Finds Report
By Taniya Roy
New Delhi: Digital platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp, Reddit, and GitHub have hastened the proliferation of anti-Muslim hate that forms the architecture...
Ahead of key polls, India’s ruling party revives Hindu-Muslim dispute
By Alasdair Pal and Saurabh Sharma
MATHURA, India, Jan 31 (Reuters) - In the streets around a revered religious site in the Indian city of Mathura where a...
In Rajasthan, Dalit man assaulted, made to drink urine; 8 booked: Police
By Deep Mukherjee
Eight men from the Jat community allegedly abducted a 25-year-old Dalit man, assaulted him and forced him to drink their urine in...
Insults, Isolation, Broken Friendships: Dalit Students Open Up on Caste Discrimination in US
By Anahita Mukherji
“Saale cha*** tumhari kismat bahut tez hai, tum America pahunch gaye. Translated, this means, ‘you cha*** – a slur used by ‘upper’ caste members –...
Kapil Mishra had no role in Delhi riots: Prosecutor in Umar Khalid bail hearing
In the series of hearings regarding JNU scholar and activist Umar Khalid’s bail plea, the prosecution told the court on Monday that the “main...
Radical Hindu Nationalists Attack Pastor’s Family in India
(International Christian Concern) – Radical Hindu nationalists attacked a Christian Pastor and his family in their home on January 14. The radicals stormed into...
VHP And Bajrang Dal Calls For An Economic Boycott Against Non-Hindus
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The VHP (Vishva Hindu Parishad) and Bajrang Dal have called for an economic boycott against non-Hindus in Karnataka. They put up posters in Bangalore...
RSS man held for intimidating Christian women in Pudukottai
The police here have arrested a 28-year-old Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) functionary for allegedly intimidating and restraining two women in Thirumaiyampatti in Pudukottai district...