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‘They don’t feel sorry’: Revisiting Kandhamal 10 years after the violence against Christians

By Priya Ramani When the madness hit Kandhamal in August 2008, its ripples spreading swiftly to other districts of Odisha, the family of four fled...

Violence Against Christians in India: A Decade After Kandhamal

By M. Sudhir Selvaraj 2008 was the most violent year for Christians in India. Daily newspaper headlines captured the senseless violence in the form of death,...

‘Why I won’t eulogize Vajpayee and you shouldn’t either’

My encounter with Atal Behari Vajpayee after the demolition of the Babri Masjid

Who is protecting the Sanatan Sanstha?

When the Maharashtra Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS) raided a middle class home in Nallasopara, near Mumbai, and arrested the alleged Sanatan Sanstha member Vaibhav...

Historian Audrey Truschke Explains Why The Hindu Right Is Terrified Of Having A Meaningful...

By Betwa Sharma NEW DELHI — A day after Audrey Truschke's lecture on Mughal emperor Aurangzeb was canceled in Hyderabad, the American historian, who is...

How the Hindu nationalist RSS woos Indian-Americans

By Walter K Andersen & Shridhar D Damle The overseas presence of RSS (Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh)-inspired groups is, outside of neighbouring Nepal, strongest in three...

The Rise of Hindu Nationalism and Its Regional and Global Ramifications

This story first appeared on asianstudies.org

The Systematic Persecution of Rationalists

By Narendra Nayak As rationalists, we are long used to attacks from religious fundamentalists of all tinges, trades and callings! We were labelled as anti-Christians...

Mob lynchings in India: The need to act now is upon us

MOB LYNCHING has drastically increased in recent years, particularly since the the BJP government came to power. There has been fourfold increase in cow...

Role of the police: To protect the victims or rule with the mob?

 The photograph of a Muslim man being dragged with three policemen in the frame escorting a Hindutva mob in Hapur is extremely disturbing for...

Who is the mastermind behind the assassinations of the rationalists?

The confessions of Waghmare stated in the SIT report not only show the intention behind killing Lankesh, but also make it clear that there...

CIA calls Bajrang Dal and VHP ‘militant religious organizations’

'You can't organise 'arms training camps' to protect Hindus and cry about being called militant.'

Maharashtra Government’s Terror Trail to protect Hindutva Terrorists

CPDR STATEMENT   Condemn the arrests of Adv Gadling, Prof Shoma Sen, Sudhir Dhawle, Rona Wilson, Mahesh Raut The Pune Police at 6-00 am today, 6th June, 2018,...

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