Hindutva
AA Edit | End obsession with the past
India should stop fighting with its past. It should take the problems of the present head on and secure the future of its youth
Aakar Patel | The caste factor and the BJP-RSS’ Hindutva politics in today’s India
The fact is that Hindutva wants Indians to worship caste, but it doesn’t want them to talk about it
AA Edit | Useful lessons for Opp. in Gujarat, HP verdicts
A united Opposition and a narrative that can stand on its own without overlapping with that of the BJP could be a formidable combination.
AA Edit | As Modi magic blooms, BJP sets new record in Gujarat
The projection of the BJP’s win in Gujarat on national politics must reflect on the sustainability of the Modi factor in all polls ahead
AA Edit | Govts in South must guard against Islamist extremism
Radicalisation of communities is the first in the literature of all terrorists
AA Edit | Sena symbol: EC follows rules
Neither side should be given the advantage of the signs and symbols of the parent party in an election before its completion
AA Edit | Isolate PFI over ideology
The PFI has fed itself on Indian Muslim’s sense of alienation and insecurity under a dispensation controlled by the Hindutva forces
Aakar Patel | Failure of India’s bureaucrats to stand up for what’s right is troubling
It means that the entire bureaucracy is fine with the violence against minorities catalysed by the State
Farrukh Dhondy | On theocracy, secularism, and new truths about the past
Did Jinnah actually foresee the possibility of India’s pronounced secular democracy turning into a not-so-secular, intolerant nation with
Aakar Patel | Listen to what the world says: Step back from the precipice…
It is not safe to be dismissive about words like genocide, but unfortunately, that is what India is doing today