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...
Reading Savarkar: Was the Hindutva icon actually Hinduphobic?
By Vinayak Chaturvedi
Accusations of Hinduphobia in those who do not see eye-to-eye with Hindutva have reached new heights in recent years. An obscure 19th-century...
Hindutva-Aligned US Politicians Denounce Anti-Hindutva Conference
Two state legislators in the US, both of whom have strong ties to American elements of India’s Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) paramilitary and the...
Fanatics ‘not allowing’ Muslims to eke out a living by running petty, small businesses
By Sheshu Babu*
"Majorities are of two sorts: (1) communal majority and (2) political majority. A political majority is changeable in its class composition. A...
Christian man in hiding after Hindu radicals beat him unconscious
A 35-year-old Christian man in southern India has been in hiding for over a month since his radical Hindu neighbors threatened to kill him...
