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Kashif Kakvi
MP: Article on Secularism with Reference to Vedas, Jesus Lands Educationist in Jail
08 Apr 2021
The educationist has been arrested on a complaint by a self-proclaimed RSS follower who alleged the article outraged his religious feelings.
Aaquib Khan
‘Indian Liberalism is a Myth and Muslims Became its Mascot’—Sanjay Srivastava
19 Mar 2021
Many Indians who have turned to the Hindu Right earlier were seen as ‘liberal’. To them, if India is synonymous with liberalism, so is Hinduism with secularism.
Mukulika R, Wendy Doniger
Hindutva, Counter-Culture and Manusmriti
21 Feb 2021
In this interview with Mukulika R, she explains what caught her interest in India as a child, growing up in America during the McCarthyite era, dissent in India today and more.
PTI
UP Governor Clears Ordinance Aimed at Discouraging Inter-Religion Marriage
28 Nov 2020
In recent weeks, BJP-run states like UP, Haryana and Madhya Pradesh announced plans to enact laws to counter alleged attempts to convert Hindu women to Islam in the ‘guise’ of marriage.
Githa Hariharan, Nayantara Sahgal
The Glittering Aspiration that was India
05 Oct 2020
On the 151st birth anniversary of Gandhi, we present a conversation between writers Githa Hariharan and Nayantara Sahgal about the "glittering aspiration" that was India.
Abir Dasgupta
Adani Foists Coal Mines and Hinduism on Communities
07 Jul 2020
An ancient way of life is threatened as coal mines destroy the forests of the Hasdeo Aranya, but the people are fighting back, taking control of local governments.
kancha Ilaiah Shepherd
Why Dalit Lives Do Not Matter?
29 Jun 2020
A teenaged Dalit boy was shot dead at his home in Uttar Pradesh’s Domkhera village in Amroha district at a time when the Black Lives Matter movement was shaking the whole world.
Ram Puniyani
With Crackdown on Protests, BJP is Redefining Hinduism
29 Dec 2019
Calling all Indians ‘Hindu’ furthers Sangh mythology, doesn’t help Muslims.
Sumedha Pal
Niyamgiri: Dongria Kondh Girls Made to Clean Hindu Temples
29 Nov 2019
The issue of the cleaning of temples is the one that is deeply rooted in the subversion of the Adivasi culture, oriented towards incorporating them in the “mainstream or the Hindu fold”.
Kashif Kakvi
Tribals Subjected to Cultural and Religious Imposition in MP and Chhattisgarh
04 Nov 2019
“Just for political gain, RSS is pushing tribals towards Hinduism and is making them ingest Hindu culture,” said a veteran tribal rights activist, Gulzar Singh Markam.