In Karnataka, As it Did in the Segregated US South, Bigotry Will Hurt the Majority too
Majoritarianism does not leave the majority untouched.
Full Text: ‘If Netaji Had Been Alive No One Would Have Dared to Issue Calls for Genocide’
In this interview with Karan Thapar, Netaji’s grandnephew Sugata Bose said the freedom fighter would have been “quite dismayed” to see how the minorities are being discriminated against in today’s India.
‘Woh Subah Hamin Se Ayegi’: Full Text of Speech Mahua Moitra Wasn’t Allowed to Complete
“You cannot choose the time of battle. The bugle has sounded – true citizens of our republic need to fight now, no matter what your personal and professional circumstances are.”
Rejection of Sri Narayana Guru Float for Republic Day Celebrations!
While rejecting the Sri Narayana Guru float submitted by Kerala, the central government suggested replacing Narayana Guru with Shankracharya – this only displays the deeper agenda of the central government, which is working towards Hindu Rashtra in particular.
The Indian Republic Was an Ambitious Project of Multiple Ideas and Identities. Can It Be Salvaged?
The founders envisioned a country made up of diverse identities. This promise of equality and individuality is being replaced by a monolithic Hindu identity.
Remembering the Constitution’s Imprisoned Defenders on the Day the Constitution Came Into Effect
The saga of the 18 people slapped with ‘sedition’ and terror charges over anti-CAA protests after the Delhi riots does not sit comfortably with the belief that all Indians are equal before the law irrespective of their faith and beliefs.
The Odd Thing About the Assassins and Their Worldviews are That They Think They Have Killed Gandhi
In 1968, after the tragic killing of Martin Luther King the Chicago Sun-Times published a cartoon showing assassinated Mahatma Gandhi talking to assassinated Martin Luther King in the heavens and telling, “The odd thing about assassins, Dr. King, is that they think they’ve killed you.” That cartoon is so appropriate in today’s India …
A Scream Against the Madness
January 27th is Holocaust Remembrance Day. A day to remember and honour those killed through systematic butchery in that brutal and sadistic era. And a day where those of us who stand as witnesses declare “never again.” And yet, it has happened again. And again. And again.
Modi’s India Has Now Entered Genocidalism, the Most Advanced Stage of Nationalism
The silence of Modi and Shah about the unprecedented calls for full-scale armed war against Muslims can be read in one of two ways: as signs of their sense of impunity and confidence, or as signs of their sense of precarity and insecurity. The latter appears to be more probable.
Explained: ‘Trads’ vs ‘Raitas’ and the Inner Workings of India’s Alt-Right
In the past few years, a significant number of young men and women in India have been attracted to a dangerous alt-right digital ecosystem called ‘trad-wing’, in which they serve as self-styled civilisational warriors.