An Interfaith Couple, a Demolition, a Life on the Run: No Place for Love in MP?
What is the price of ‘forbidden’ love – opposition from families, harassment, social ostracisation?
‘It’d be Madness to Think it was All Sword and Fire’: Vivekananda on the Long Muslim Rule in India
A perusal of Vivekananda’s writings and speeches and of the accounts of people who knew him, shows that his views on Islamic rule in India were the exact opposite of those held by the Sangh and its ideological gurus.
What the Debate on the Ban on ‘Kerala Story’ Needs to Acknowledge
In the pursuit of free speech absolutism, one can’t let hate narrative strengthen.
Effects of Bigotry on Schoolchildren
“Parenting in an Age of Narratives Over Facts”: As hate and toxicity swirl in our midst, one realises how careful, really careful, we need to be with our own kids. Also: “Can WHO’s ‘Life Skills’ Counter the Effects of Bigotry on Schoolchildren?”
Fallacy of the Hindutva Project
The linking of Aurangzeb or other ‘Muslim’ rulers’ crimes to his/her religion will have serious consequences even for the ‘Hindu’ version of history as narrated by the RSS. With Sangh Parivar rulers pitting one section of Indians against the other, there is no need of any foreign enemy to undo a democratic-secular India.
On May 9, What Could Amit Shah Say on Rabindranath Tagore, the High Priest of Harmony?
Despite championing communal, caste and class harmony all his life, Tagore in some of his early work did glorify Maratha, Sikh and Rajput valour against Mughals. These have become favourites of the Hindutva forces.
NCERT Deletions About Gandhi’s Assassination Show How Shrewdly the Operation was Planned
For the proponents of Hindu rashtra, Gandhi is the most formidable obstacle. Their latest tampering with the NCERT school textbooks is part of many manoeuvres being simultaneously carried out to finish him off forever.
Weaponising History: The Hindutva Communal Project
Those who want a Hindu rashtra as a mirror image of Muslim Pakistan are now imitating how history is taught in Pakistan.
As Narendra Modi Lights a Candle in Church on Easter, the Real Message Is Blowing in the Wind
Apart from small talk on conserving water, the prime minister had not a word to say about the open persecution of minorities in India.
Muslims Can Live, But They Shouldn’t Look Muslim or Congregate
The message behind the Noida protest by local residents is clear: Muslims are welcome to live in isolation in colonies numerically dominated by Hindus, provided they do not ‘look’ Muslim and do not publicly form a collective.