Hindutva

Mr Mani Shankar Aiyar, Ex Union Minister, author and eminent political personality will be delivering the 27th lecture in the  Democracy Dialogues Series,organised by  New Socialist Initiative (NSI) Theme : The Leaching of Constitutional Democracy Speaker : Mani Shankar Aiyar Former Union Minister, author of books, a Social Commentator,  Time : 6 PM ( IST) … Continue reading  The Leaching of Constitutional Democracy : Mani Shankar Aiyar →

Background :A close friend of decades prodding you to read / listen to something and ask for your views is such a great moral incentive which nobody would refuse.The following note is an end product of similar undertaking which this pen pusher rather reluctantly took initially when one received a YouTube link of a conversation … Continue reading Debating Hindutva →

Comments for the Washington DC Diaspora Program on “Karnataka Election Outcome and the Two Contesting Ideologies” Guest Post by Dr Ravi Sinha I must begin with a disclaimer. I am no expert on how elections are won or lost. Nor can I claim any competence in deciphering an electionresultfor what has worked and what has … Continue reading How to Draw a Line on the Ground : Ravi Sinha →

On the eve of 80th anniversary of the glorious Quit India Movement 1942 [QIM], we must evaluate the anti-national role of the Hindutva flag-bearers (who shamelessly claim to be the original nationalists) in India’s anti-colonial freedom struggle. QIM also known as ‘August Kranti’ (August Revolution) was a nation-wide Civil Disobedience Movement for which a call was given on August 7,[Read More...]

This is the English translation of the book on RSS by Devanuru Mahadeva originally published in Kannada. DOWNLOAD THE BOOK HERE Devanuru Mahadeva has carefully characterised the depthand breadth of RSS, hovering over our Hindutva State. This booklet, while painting a true picture of the RSS, implicitly urges us to join in strengthening the unity (of India), the Constitution and[Read More...]

It is mandatory for every President of India to take the following oath prescribed under Article 49 of the Indian Constitution before occupying the august office: “I, [Name] do swear in the name of God/solemnly affirm that I will faithfully execute the office of President (or discharge the functions of the President) of India and will to the best of my[Read More...]

One can imagine that if the plan to provoke riots before Eid in Ayodhya would have been successful, how it could have easily spilled over to the other parts of the country. It was the early 1970s when Bhisham Sahni, the legendary Hindi writer had penned the novel Tamas. It looks at the Hindu-Muslim riots in India … Continue reading No End to ‘Tamas’ ( Darkness) Around ? →

One has lost count of religious conclaves of Hindu ‘saints’, friendly to RSS, calling for violent cleansing of lawful Indian Muslims. It was not long ago that a senior RSS luminary who also graced the high constitutional office of Governor of Tripura, Tathagata Roy reminded through a tweet that “the Hindu-Muslim problem won’t be solved without a Civil War.” Roy[Read More...]

In a forceful and passionate interview, where both her anger and anguish are clearly visible, the Executive Director of Hindus for Human Rights, a US-based civil society organisation, says that her organization will “certainly intensify and escalate” efforts to lobby the US Congress and Biden Administration to speak out against Hindutva and India’s treatment of minorities and muslims in particular.[Read More...]

From politicians to academics, Americans who speak against Hindutva face harsh backlash, protests, and violent threats.  When US Senator and then-presidential candidate Bernie Sanders criticized then President Donald Trump’s “failure of leadership on human rights” for having dismissed the issue of the February 2020 anti-Muslim pogrom in Delhi as “up to India,” it was not long before a senior leader of India’s ruling Bharatiya[Read More...]