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The young men in saffron scarves who yelled Jai Shri Ram! at girl students in hijabs were deliberately trying to foment serious political and religious conflict. (Representational Image/ DC File)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Of prejudice and religion: Free choice is...

There is no alternative to social evolution in a free society that respects everyone's right to choose his or her...

16 Feb 2022 3:35 AM IST

If people disturb communal harmony, they must be punished as per the law; if they destroy public property, they must be compelled to pay compensation as per the law; and if they occupy illegal structures, they must be made to vacate, again, as per the law. (Representational Image/PTI)

AA Edit | SC faces tough challenge over rule of law in Delhi

The directive of the highest court of the land, however, was apparently not enough to halt the bulldozers

21 April 2022 12:30 AM IST

Hindus want a government that does not discriminate between religious communities, does not pursue minority appeasement, and recognises some of the remarkable and verifiable achievements of Hindu civilisation. (Representational Image/ PTI)

Pavan K. Varma | Do marching saints truly care what Hindus want?

The attempt to convert this great Sanatana Dharma into some kind of Wahabi faith is doomed to failure

17 April 2022 12:32 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (PTI)

Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay | Nehru, Ambedkar and the BJP: Revisiting of...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has personally led this new-found public embrace and appropriation of Dr Ambedkar's legacy

11 April 2022 12:28 AM IST

Patralekha Chatterjee | How to destroy a nation: Intolerance,...

The normalisation of hate often goes hand-in-hand with normalisation of the 'otherisation' of the minorities

8 April 2022 12:48 AM IST

A new generation of RSS and BJP leaders are not inclined to update the Hindutva ideology because their basic presumption of glorifying a dead national past is their basic principle. (Photo:PTI)

Aakar Patel | Why divisive issues hold sway as real' ones ignored

The mass media in India is largely owned by corporate bodies

5 April 2022 12:41 AM IST

Justice Prateek Jalan ordered CBSE to consider as representation a petition by Deepa Joseph, mother of a Class 10 student studying in a CBSE affiliated school here, who had paid Rs 2,100 as examination fee. (PTI Photo)

Pavan K. Varma | Urdu by any other faith sounds just as sweet

It is my opinion that our educational content is still considerably trapped in the colonial legacy

1 May 2022 1:21 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks during a video conference as he releases benefits under the PM CARES for Children Scheme. (PTI Photo)

Shikha Mukerjee | Silence can't be an option: Why Modi must leash...

The suspension of Nupur Sharma was an empty gesture

10 Jun 2022 1:54 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a public rally, in Shimla, Tuesday, May 31, 2022. (PTI Photo)

Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay | Politics of us' and them': The myths and the...

Hindutva is spoken beneath the breath by the leadership but in high decibels by supporters

3 Jun 2022 12:21 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi during an interview with PTI, in New Delhi, on Wednesday. (Image: PTI)

AA Edit | Will Hindutva help Modi to win record 3rd term?

The Hindutva project for electoral gains has been overriding the topics Modi tried to bring to the focus of late.

27 Oct 2023 12:07 AM IST

Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai (Twitter/@BSBommai)

BJP claims defeat in Karnataka polls not due to hindutva agenda

Accepting the defeat with utmost humility

15 May 2023 12:00 AM IST