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‘Love jihad’, ‘business jihad’, and the Abduls adored and hated by Hindu supremacists

“Mera Abdul aisa nahin hai.”

Newslaundry

Bhaijaan the suspect: TV news is turning everyday Muslim conversation into a tool of bigotry

There’s little in common between bigotry and “bhaijaan”, an Urdu word evoking love and respect for a brotherly figure. But in the haze of TV news electrosmog, even a word with such positive connotations as “bhaijaan” is being incubated as a pejorative.

Newslaundry

Religious polarization in India seeping into US diaspora

Clashes in India between Hindu nationalists and minority religious groups, particularly Muslims, have sparked tensions online and in person in the Indian American diaspora

The Independent UK

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In Britain and India, we must resist the tragic thinking that pits Hindus against Muslims

The recent disorder in Leicester echoes the ‘communalist’ politics that now dominates India thanks to the ruling BJP, says sociology professor Chetan Bhatt

The Guardian - UK

Arundhati Roy flags signs of fascism in India, says it is aided by corporate funding

Writer Arundhati Roy dissects Hindutva fascism; says key question to ask is what makes people revere a person that is humiliating them

The Hindu

The atrophy of the neo-Buddhist movement in India

Revisiting the ideals of Ambedkar’s neo-Buddhist movement can be helpful in building fierce ideological challenges to Hindutva’s understanding of history and culture

The Hindu

Director Vetrimaaran’s take on Hindu religion in Chola period sparks row

The film-maker has accused the Hindutva forces of continuously trying to appropriate Tamil identity; Kamal Haasan endorses the film-maker’s view; Telangana Governor Tamilisai sees bid to hide cultural identity

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Mumbai Dasara rallies become a free for all, Shinde and Uddhav hurl barbs at each other

For the first time since 1966, Shiv Sena’s annual Dasara rally is split into two factions, both laying claim to Hindutva and Bal Thackeray’s legacy

The Hindu

As ‘Garba jihad’ becomes news TV’s latest bogey, News Nation champions vigilante violence

The hypermasculine Muslim is back as the scheming villain in the Hindu Rashtra programming of Indian news TV. But the script, at the risk of sounding repetitive, has moved far beyond the mob lynching years to cast itself around “garba jihad”. The anchors are at it again: almost championing vigilante…

Newslaundry

Why Mumbai’s Shivaji Park matters for Shiv Sena

This is where Shiv Sena Chief Balasaheb Thackeray spelled out the party's agenda, like the issue of Marathi manoos, Hindutva, and the party's position on various issues, says veteran Sena leader Gajanan Kirtikar

The Hindu

What is Hindu nationalism and how does it relate to trouble in Leicester?

Hindutva is the predominant form in India and has been associated with rightwing extremism

The Guardian - UK

Hindutva incomplete without Dalits: BJP leader Paswan

BJP spokesperson Guru Prakash Paswan emphasised that atrocities on the Dalits happening in India and the history of oppression could not be denied nor minimised.

The Hindu

Imagining an alternative scenario in Ayodhya

An amicable solution could have been reached through social, rather than judicial, intervention

The Hindu

Uddhav Thackeray behind ‘beautification’ of 1993 Mumbai blasts convict Yakub Memon’s grave, claims BJP, demands apology from former CM

‘The beautification of 1993 Mumbai blasts convict’s graves is one among many incidents, which exposed that Mr. Thackeray, had compromised with Hindutva to protect his position as Chief Minister,” Maharashtra BJP chief Bawankule said.

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Amid threats and signal cuts, India’s top independent TV anchor battles on – but for how long?

"While We Watched", a new documentary on veteran journalist Ravish Kumar, attests to the challenges of independent news reporting in India today. Death threats, signal cuts and financial pressures are par for the course at his TV news station, NDTV. Now a recent hostile takeover bid has renewed fears over…

Newslaundry

Let’s Talk About: Reading RSS with Vijai Trivedi

Let’s Talk About: RSS is our three-part deep-dive into the rise and expansion of the Hindutva organisation into a formidable sociocultural and political force in the country.

The Hindu

Bihar and the evolution of Mandal politics

The next few years will show whether the Mandal platform still has the potential to take on the Hindutva juggernaut

The Hindu

Changing contexts of caste

The meanings of caste have transformed — as a system regulating life chances, as a mode of political mobilisation, or as a socio-cultural identity

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The Hindu

Three murders in a communal cauldron

With tempers running high among Hindutva activists in Karnataka after killings and counter-killings in Dakshina Kannada, K.V. Aditya Bharadwaj and Raghava M. report on how the government’s handling of the investigations could further nourish the ecosystem of violence in the State’s coastal belt

The Hindu

Signs of a dead end for social justice politics

The success of the OBC alliance in 2015 in Bihar may be difficult to replicate in the Hindi heartland

The Hindu

Words of wisdom for the Congress’s ‘last Mughals’

With only paper champions defending the idea of India, the party must self-reflect critically to fathom its predicament

Newslaundry

What’s fuelling Shivraj Chouhan’s journey from ‘Mamaji’ to ‘Bulldozer Mama’?

In March, Shivraj Singh Chouhan arrived at BJP legislator Rameshwar Sharma’s house in Bhopal for a function celebrating the completion of two years of his fourth term as Madhya Pradesh’s chief minister. He was greeted by a parade of over a dozen bulldozers decked out with posters championing the chief…

Al Jazeera

Why coastal Karnataka is southern India’s ‘Hindutva laboratory’

Hindutva refers to Hindu supremacist movement that aims to turn constitutionally secular India into ethnic Hindu state.

The Hindu

Hindutva ideologue Chakravarty Sulibele unleashes attack on BJP leaders and CM Bommai

‘Many people like me can never vote Congress, but we are not fools either to keep people like you in power,’ Sulibele tells BJP

The Times of India

Admit that you revolted to save yourself from probe agencies, stop maligning Hindutva: Sanjay Raut to Shiv Sena rebels

MUMBAI: Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Sunday said the rebel lawmakers should honestly admit that they revolted against the party leadership to protect themselves from the central probe agencies.

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