BJP’s New Sand Mining Policy: Award Contracts to Party Supporters
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BJP’s New Sand Mining Policy: Award Contracts to Party Supporters

When Bhartiya Janata Party government was formed in Uttar Pradesh under the leadership of Yogi Adityanath a number of educated middle class people thought that days of caste politics and corruption were over. They were expecting a clean government. The Yogi Adityanath government cancelled all sand mining contracts alleging illegality and corruption in operations and…

Archbishop’s Letter: Storm in a Tea Cup
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Archbishop’s Letter: Storm in a Tea Cup

The gross over reaction of the Sangh Parivar to the letter of Archbishop of Delhi, Anil Couto, dated 8 May 2018 and addressed to all parish priests and religious institutions in the Archdiocese of Delhi asking them to pray for ‘our nation’ seems to be well calculated. The letter begins with the observation: “We are…

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Guilty Men of Two-Nation Theory: A Hindutva Project Borrowed by Jinnah in India 

No other fascist organisation, in the present world, can beat Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in demagogy, double-speak and unabashed use of conspiracies. A leading Indian English daily, in the aftermath of 2002 genocide of Muslims in Gujarat, candidly wrote that in case of the RSS, what George Orwell termed as “doublespeak” would be an understatement….