Hindutva’s foreign roots (The Hindu)
By Saikat Majumdar
To what extent did Hinduism and particularly its modern, polemical avatar Hindutva originate in India, and how much of its aura—to speak the language...
In Delhi, Kanhiya Mittal Targets Muslims and Promotes Anti-Muslim Rhetoric
During an event, Hindu nationalist singer Kanhiya Mittal used dog-whistle rhetoric to accuse Muslims of living and benefiting from India’s resources of acting like...
In Bhopal, Hindu Leaders Call for Action Against ‘Love Jihad’ and Religious Conversion
During a Hanuman Janmotsav, Bhavya Hindu Ekta Shobha Yatra, Hindu Utsav Samiti President Chandrashekhar Tiwari and Shubham Arya alias Bhanu Hindu, National President of...
In Kodagu, Hindu Janjagruti Sabha Calls for Boycott of Non-Hindus
At an event organised by the Hindu Janjagruti Sabha, attendees took an oath to refrain from engaging in trade or business with non-Hindus and...
In Indore, Cow Vigilantes Assault Muslim Man and Force Him to Dance
Cow vigilantes affiliated with the VHP–Bajrang Dal, led by Ashish Thakur and Akash Thakur, assaulted a Muslim man transporting meat and forced him to...
Bihar: Muslim woman dies by suicide with two children after husband’s lynching, threats (Maktoob...
By Maktoob
A Muslim woman in Bihar’s Rohtas district allegedly died by suicide on Tuesday after consuming poison along with her two minor children, reportedly unable to...
When Anti-Conversion Laws Are Used With Disproportionate Severity to Target Minorities (The Wire)
By Ajay K. Mehra
Before the Chhattisgarh government brought the ‘Freedom of Religion Bill’ (sic!), among the strictest anti-conversion law to date, twelve states in India already...
Bengal: 2 held for hoisting saffron flag atop madrasa gate, raising slogans (Siasat)
By Veena Nair
West Bengal: Two people were arrested in West Bengal’s Siliguri district on March 30 after they allegedly climbed atop a madrassa and hoisted...
In Pune, Shreya Kulkarni Urges Hindu Women to Take Up Arms Against ‘Love Jihad’
During a Virat Hindu Sammelan, Shreya Kulkarni, a far-right speaker, called on women to take up arms, train in the use of swords and...
No Law Bars Conducting Prayer Meeting Inside One’s Home, Permission From Authority Not Required:...
By Sparsh Upadhyay
The Chhattisgarh High Court last week refused to quash a criminal case against a professor working at Guru Ghasidas Central University, Bilaspur,...
In Dhemaji, PM Modi Warns of Land Takeover by ‘Infiltrators’
During a rally, Prime Minister Narendra Modi accused the Indian National Congress of attempting to introduce a communal violence law to appease vote banks,...
In Biswanath, PM Modi Accuses Congress of Empowering ‘Infiltrators’
During a rally, Prime Minister Narendra Modi accused the Indian National Congress of committing its “biggest sin” by integrating “ghuspaithiya” (infiltrators) into the mainstream,...
In Ujjain, Manoj Parmar Warns Hindus of Becoming a Minority
During a Hanuman Janmotsav Shobha Yatra organised by Vishva Hindu Parishad–Bajrang Dal, Manoj Parmar, National President of Akhil Bharatiya Balai Mahasangh, fearmongered about the...
