Hindutva
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In Praise of Inclusive Nationalism
Chaitanya Pandey and Sandeep Pandey | The inclusive nationalism nurtured by the freedom movement is being challenged by Hindutva’s exclusionary version. A strong nation is possible only when all citizens feel they are part of it.
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Social Harmony | Fridays For Khudai Khidmatgars
SATYAGRAHA | SPEAKER: Rahul Kapoor, European Parliament Sakharov Fellow, social activist, public speaker, prolific writer and a published author.
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Use of Religious Places as Political Tools
SATYAGRAHA | Speakers: Dr. Lubna Sarwath, General Secretary, Socialist Party (India), Telangana; Dhananjay Tripathi, National Students’ Union of India.
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How the Kisan Andolan Has Put a Brake on BJP’s Divisive Politics | Faisal Khan Speaks in Satyagraha
SATYAGRAHA FARMERS’ MOVEMENT SERIES | This Satyagraha discussion features Faisal Khan who is in conversation with Prakarsh Srivastava on ‘how the kisan andolan has put a brake on BJP’s divisive politics.’
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Press Conference on Arrest of Activist Faisal Khan
Addressed by Medha Patkar, Prof Vipin Kumar Tripathi, Acharya Yugal Kishore Sharan Shastri, Father Anand, Swami ji from Matri Sadan Ashram, Sunita Vishwanath, Deepak Gupta, Dr Sandeep Pandey.
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Faisal Khan’s Commitment to Communal Harmony and Peace is Exemplary: His Arrest is Sad
48 years old Faisal Khan has invested his entire life to strengthen communal harmony. With the intent to maintain and promote peace and harmony between people and communities he took out countless marches not just within India but also between India and Pakistan.
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The Angst of August: Reading The Recent Political History of India
Anil Nauriya | Lest we be swept off our feet by the self-fulfilling prophecy of long-term Hindutva rule, it is useful to bear some points in mind. It is essential not to be intimidated by Hindutva. All those who voted for the BJP in 2014 and 2019 cannot be lumped together within the meaning of…
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Sweeping of Country by Hindutva – What to be done?
Sweeping of Country by Hindutva – What to be done? by Ravi Kiran Jain, National President, PUCL. Describing the demolition of Babri Masjid in Ayodhya as “Crimes which shake the secular fabrics of the Constitution of India”, the Supreme Court on April 19, 2017 put the senior BJP leaders L.K. Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi and…
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Morari Bapu’s Ram
The usual picture that one would see of Ram would be with Sita, Laxman and Hanuman, of what is called the Ram Darbar. It was not a tradition to have isolated picture or idol of Ram. Even the common greeting was ‘Jai Siyaram,’ Sita’s name appeared together with Ram’s. Then came the Ram temple movement.…
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If Anything is to be Banned, It Should be Private Schools and Hospitals
Among the first decisions of the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh was to ban abattoirs and form anti-Romeo squads. First it was said that all slaughterhouses will be closed but later the government retracted and it was clarified that only illegally operating ones will be closed. But the atmosphere created due to this arbitrary…
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Beating of Kanhaiya Kumar in Court Brings Back Memories of Babri Demolition
The manner in which Jawaharal Nehru University Students’ Union President Kanhaiya Kumar was roughed up in Patiala House Court premises, while being brought to be produced in the Court room, in the presence of observers from Supreme Court who were there to ensure the security of Kanhaiya and everybody else targeted by the RSS-BJP, has…
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Rohith We’re Ashamed, Dronacharyas Are Still Around
Although Rohith Vemula, the dalit student of Hyderabad Central University who commited suicide because of the humiliation he was subjected to, has not held anybody responsible for his suicide, the fact is that he had not received his scholarship for the last several months and was not allowed to use university facilities such as hostels,…