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Our Hindu Rashtra: What It Is. How We Got Here By Aakar Patel. (Photo: Facebook @westlandbooks )

Ranjona Banerji | How atavism became ideology and Hindutva ambushed India

'Our Hindu Rashtra' is more a presentation of our recent history from the perspective of democracy

28 Feb 2021 4:09 AM

Shashi Tharoor: Secularism as principle and practice in India is under threat

In the book, Tharoor makes a stinging critique of the Hindutva doctrine, asserting that it is a political doctrine, not a religious one

01 Nov 2020 3:34 PM

Murder, he wrote

In countless videos we see the police escorting mobs of Hindutva extremists who proudly boast of the police’s support.

03 Mar 2020 7:04 AM

Sedition charges: Karnataka cops grill Kashmir students

A video in which the students allegedly raised pro-Pakistan slogans had gone viral, leading to protests from Hindutva outfits.

17 Feb 2020 2:27 AM

Foreign triggers that spurred rise of Modi

It was a long hard-hitting poem on the grand betrayal of the Indian people, an acerbic version of Faiz’s plaint about the mottled dawn in Pakistan.

29 Jan 2020 2:36 AM

Shiv Sena workers take out a procession during the election campaign held last year. (Photo: ASIAN AGE)

Shiv Sena slams Raj Thackeray: Hindutva not child’s play

The MNS hit back saying Shiv Sena is suffering from loose motion as Raj continues to expose them.

26 Jan 2020 3:47 AM

Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray greets his supporters after being sworn in as Maharashtra CM at Shivaji Park in Mumbai on Thursday. (Photo: Rajesh Jadhav)

First Mumbai, then Delhi: Will history repeat itself?

The answer to the first depends on how the Aghadi alliance handles the tricky challenges it faces.

29 Nov 2019 2:17 AM

'Mamata Banerjee may have pressure to appeal to majoritarianism these days & that's why this fixation on me. BUT please do your job & fight the brazen growth of Hindutva in Bengal. False equivalence between mobs & those resisting them, isn't helping anyone,' Owaisi tweeted. (Photo: File)

Owaisi hits out at Mamata, asks her to 'fight brazen growth of Hindutva' in WB

11 people have been arrested after two persons were allegedly beaten to death over suspicion of cow smuggling in Coochbehar.

22 Nov 2019 6:52 PM

Shiv Sena on Tuesday hit out at former ally BJP for removing them from the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and making their MPs sit in the opposition side in both houses of the Parliament. (Photo: File)

Shiv Sena reminds BJP of Hindutva amid Maharashtra deadlock

The Shiv Sena is now in parleys with the Congress and the NCP to form a government in the state.

19 Nov 2019 10:32 AM

After verdict, Hindutva agenda likely to expand

The Supreme Court set aside the high court judgment making a three-way split of the disputed land on the following basis.

12 Nov 2019 3:12 AM

Uddhav Thackeray: The chance to come into his own

Sena playing hardball with BJP on rotational chief ministership should not surprise anyone as Uddhav might be eyeing the CM’s post for himself.

11 Nov 2019 4:41 AM

Ideologues (eg, Marxist historians) are free, like anyone else, to write their own version of history. The problem arises when the state seeks to promote its version of history by imposing it through textbooks and state-supported publishing houses. (Photos: AP/ PTI/ ANI)

History should not be abused by politicians

The danger is far greater when the state has a hand in the writing of history.

07 Oct 2019 4:54 AM

The BJP's idea of Hinduism is a ‘political ideology’ and does not have any connection with Hinduism, the Congress leader went on to say. (Photo: ANI)

‘It is an insult to Lord Ram that people are killed in his name’: Shashi Tharoor on lynching incidents

He hit out at those who indulge in those activities and asserted that he too was a Hindu himself but ‘not of this kind’.

22 Sep 2019 3:21 PM

Cong duty to defend secular space: Shashi Tharoor

‘Hindutva Lite’ not answer to heartland woes: Tharoor.

09 Sep 2019 4:00 AM

Tharoor argued that rather than allowing itself to be intimidated by the BJP's success, it is far better for the Congress to stand up for what it has always believed in and urge the country to follow its principles. (Photo: File)

Cong's duty to defend secular, hindutva not an answer to Hindi heartland: Tharoor

Tharoor said western dictionaries have defined secularism essentially as the absence of religion and distancing from religion.

08 Sep 2019 6:32 PM

The RSS-BJP want to make sure that there is no repeat of the 2014 bypolls, when the BJP lost seven of the 11 seats held by it, barely four months after its stunning performance in the Lok Sabha polls and bagging 71 out of total 80 parliamentary seats in the state.

Hindutva will be BJP’ key plank in UP byelection

The Central government and state government’s development projects and people-centric initiatives will be highlighted during campaigning.

24 Aug 2019 5:25 AM

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath

Kamal Nath on mission to hijack Hindutva plan

The Kawariyas take a long journey to a nearby renowned Shiva temple after taking a holy dip in a water body.

13 Jul 2019 1:45 AM

'BJP says that they will form a government in Telangana. K Chandrashekar Rao is a staunch Hindu, if Modi goes to two temples, KCR will go to six,' said Owaisi at a public meeting at Teegal Kunta. (Photo: ANI)

If Modi goes to 2 temples, KCR will go to 6; unbeatable in T'gana: Owaisi

AIMIM chief said that BJP knows that it cannot use Hindutva to electorally defeat KCR.

06 Jul 2019 9:06 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: File)

Modi’s welfarism: Some action, a lot of emotion

Modi framed the gas cylinder scheme not just as something that would reduce indoor air pollution but also empower the poorest.

31 May 2019 12:00 AM

Bharatiya Janata Party workers welcome Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he, along with BJP president Amit Shah, arrives at the party headquarters to celebrate the party’s victory in the Lok Sabha elections in New Delhi (Photo: AP)

Erroneous to believe Hindutva will end caste

The mahagathbandhan was formed to stop the Modi juggernaut in the country’s largest state.

26 May 2019 12:12 AM

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