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With two INDIA bloc suitors, which way will Muslim votes go in Bengal?Religious polarisation in Bengal intensifies with the surge of Hindutva, Ram Navami processions, and Hanuman temples. Trinamool gains Musli...
Why the coming assembly polls could test the efficacy of Modi cultWhen two new and knotty issues loom as 'game-changers', it would be naive to conclude that the assembly polls next month in five states sha...
There’s now one more category of minorities – Indians who are targeted because they dissent: Romila ThaparThapar reminds us, familiar with dissent, that "dissent is not imported from the West", and that Hinduism is not a “single, continuous, unc...
Cong's duty to defend secular space, 'Hindutva Lite' not answer to Hindi heartland woes: Shashi TharoorTharoor also alleged that for the BJP dispensation and its allies being a Hindu is no different from the team identity loyalty of the "Brit...
Divided they stand: Why marginal Dalit castes still lack political cloutAmong middle-class educated and employed Dalits who act as opinion makers, or young people in recent years, one can discern opposition to B...
View: Non-BJP parties must start addressing the real issues minorities care aboutIncreasing consensus that Muslims are pampered has forced BJP's opponent into the defensive.
RSS is a lot more diverse than it used to be: Author Walter AndersenRSS is more ideologically flexible than it had been in the past. But one has to distinguish RSS from BJP. RSS is not BJP, said Walter Ander...
Congress, Samajwadi Party flay RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat, say Sangh should stop fooling peopleRSS chief Mohan Bhagwat today came under attack from Congress and Samajwadi Party for his controversial remarks that India is a Hindu natio...
Lok Sabha polls 2014: What the RSS wants, and plans for IndiaRSS has jumped into the election process with a determination, aggression and energy not seen in any election held from 1952 onwards.
From Bal Thackeray to Rahul Gandhi & Narendra Modi: How politicians’ sartorial styles have played a key role in IndiaClothing in Indian politics is evidently too serious an issue to be left out on a washing line.
Narendra Modi’s caste makes sense in heartland politicsThe more the backward castes become assertive Hindus, stronger the Hindu hierarchy & Hindutva identity. Thus, Narendra Modi is a godsend to...
- Delhi University abdicates its core duty by removing Ramanujan's essay
The appalling decision to remove this essay by Ramanujan from an undergraduate course is a blow against that Indian richness and diversity.