‘The Bengal Files’ and the Dangerous Rewriting of Bengal’s Memory of Violence (The Quint)
Monopolising the truth: Vivek Agnihotri's new film The Bengal Files isyet another attempt at redressing history.
(Photo: Kamran Akhter/The Quint)
By Debiparna Chakraborty
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Play ‘depicting burqa-clad women as terrorists’ at I-Day event in Gujarat school kicks up...
By Ritu Sharma
A play staged during the Independence Day programme at a municipal corporation school in Bhavnagar city, Gujarat, on August 15 has triggered...
In Lajpat Nagar, Delhi, Kapil Mishra stokes demographic fear
At the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) Foundation Day celebration at PGDAV College, Delhi Cabinet Minister Kapil Mishra spread fear over alleged demographic change and...
In Nagpur, ‘love jihad’ fridge-doll tableau displayed
VHP-Bajrang Dal-Durga Vahini displayed a tableau promoting the anti-Muslim conspiracy theory of “love jihad” during a foundation day rally. The display featured a refrigerator...
In Mansarovar, Jaipur, VHP warns against interfaith marriage
During a Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) Foundation Day celebration involving children, the speakers promoted the anti-Muslim “love jihad” conspiracy theory. They warned against Hindus...
In Mahuva, Togadia boasts arming and training cadres
At a meeting organised by Antarrashtriya Hindu Parishad – Rashtriya Bajrang Dal, its President Pravin Togadia admitted to recruiting a retired Gorkha regiment officer...
In Kaushambi, VHP warns of “many Pakistans,” pushes ‘love jihad’
At a Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) Foundation Day event, a speaker fearmongered about the Muslim population, claiming that several “Pakistans” are ready to be...
In Golaghat, homes of Muslims raided; families told to leave
Jatiyo Sangrami Sena members harassed and humiliated Bengali-origin Muslim workers, raided their homes at night, and threatened them to leave, declaring that no “Miya”...
In Fatehpur, VHP urges Hindus to arm against “anti-nationals”
At the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) Foundation Day event, attended by leaders and other district officials, the speakers urged Hindus to arm themselves with...
In Vidisha, Pragya Thakur calls ‘love jihad’ national threat
During the "Nand Mahotsav" celebration, Ex-BJP MP Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, invited as the Chief Guest, peddled the anti-Muslim conspiracy theories of "love jihad"...
In Chitrakoot, HJM speaker stokes demographic fear
At the Akhand Bharat Sankalp Divas organised by the Hindu Jagaran Manch, speaker Ravindra Shukla fear mongered about Muslim population.
In Bettiah, VHP’s Ambarish Singh pushes ‘love jihad’
During a Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) Foundation Day event, leader Ambarish Singh made anti-Muslim remarks, claiming Muslims seek separate laws and identity. He said...
In Ahmedabad, VHP–BD mob attacks school after student’s death
After a Hindu Class 10 student died from a stabbing allegedly by a Muslim Class 8 student, Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal members...
