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Fr. Stan Swamy was jailed on false charges, says top U.N. official

Fr. Stan Swamy who passed away on Monday was imprisoned on “fales charges of terrorism”, a top official of the United Nations has said. The concerns of Mary...

‘India is heaven for Muslims’: Why Zee News’s coverage of the Pew survey is...

By Sidharth Singh On June 29, the Pew Research Centre published its largest study outside the United States, surveying 29,999 Indians on “Religion in India: Tolerance and...

With Stan Swamy’s tragic death, it’s time for Indians to demand justice for the...

By Naresh Fernandes On May 21, ailing tribal rights activist Stan Swamy appeared via video link from Taloja jail before a Bombay High Court bench that was...

RSF Names PM Modi Among 37 ‘Predators of Press Freedom’ With Kim Jong-un, Imran...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in the list of 37 heads of state or government that the global body Reporters Without Borders (RSF)...

Fury in India over death of 84-year-old political prisoner Stan Swamy

India’s oldest political prisoner, an 84-year-old Jesuit priest who was denied bail as his health deteriorated, has died, prompting an outpouring of anger among...

Owaisi slams RSS chief, says hatred against Muslims emanates from Hindutva

HYDERABAD: Lashing out at Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat for his remarks on 'mob lynching', AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday, alleged...

Fr Stan Swamy’s institutional murder

By Teesta Setalvad Poor health conditions in Taloja prison amidst a raging Covid-19 pandemic, lies fabricated by the authorities (valiant efforts by the Jesuit-Human Rights...

Veer Savarkar: Ideologue of Hindutva

Vinayak Damodar (“Veer”) Savarkar can, with some justice, be described as the inspirational force behind the resurgence of militant Hinduism in contemporary India. His...

The Intrinsic Limits of Hindutva as an Ideology of the Indian State

Beyond the pictures of funeral pyres in abandoned quarries, beyond the wails of women beseeching hospital officials to admit their relatives gasping for oxygen,...

Hindutva 101: A Primer

Difficult, but important. Talking about complex political, historical, and religious issues may seem intimidating, especially for those of us who have grown up outside India....

Hindutva and the Meaning of Modernity

Religious nationalism is ubiquitous today. Hindu, Buddhist, Sikh, Jewish, Christian, and Muslim variants wield influence across the globe. Some have attempted to explain religious nationalism’s...

Uttar Pradesh becomes 1st state to shortlist migrants for citizenship

LUCKNOW : Uttar Pradesh is all set to become the first state in the country to start the exercise of shortlisting migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh...

India has become an ‘electoral autocracy.’ Its covid-19 catastrophe is no surprise.

By Prerna Singh On Thursday, the White House announced that it is deploying response teams, composed of officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and...

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