Tag: Sangh Parivar
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Age of Populism~II
Unfortunately, populism is striking deep roots in Indian polity, and political leaders are thriving on populist rhetoric. Their policies are undermining the institutions, be it the Central bureaucracy, the CBI, the ED or the State police / administration, if not also the independence of the judiciary.
June 24, 2019 -
Advani: An unlamented exit
It is true that there is still scope for the party to honour the man, an official announcement about his future is yet to be made, but in public perception he has been given a decidedly unceremonious shunt.
March 30, 2019 -
Odisha: Section 144 imposed in Kendrapara after communal tension
Internet connectivity has been withdrawn from the urban areas
January 24, 2019 -
Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan blames RSS for creating Sabarimala mess
But state BJP president P.S.Sreedharan Pillai, responding to the Vijayan's statement on the Sabarimala temple issue, said that he felt sorry for Vijayan.
October 23, 2018 -
The dilemma of the Dalit
The Sangh Parivar is trying to incorporate the Dalit identity in Hindutva ideology. The “Hindukaran’ of Dalits is proceeding at a rapid pace in rural areas. In the Muzaffarnagar riots of 2013 Dalits participated in the attacks on Muslims. Dalits are thus torn between the desire to declare their unique identity or to be accepted …
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May 7, 2018 -
Need to form secular platform to defeat BJP-RSS: Yechury
The country is going through a challenging period with the ruling BJP-RSS combine trying to divide India on the lines of religion, caste and creed, says the CPM general secretary
March 6, 2018 -
RSS functionary Nandakumar lashes out at Kerala CM
Senior RSS functionary J Nandakumar today hit out at Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan for his remarks on the Sangh Parivar, alleging that he was trying to deflect attention from the CPI(M) sponsored violence in the state. Vijayan had said at an event yesterday that the RSS wanted to weaken the states. They were encroaching …
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September 22, 2017 -
Politics shouldn’t be so confrontational
It has been customary to label political forces in a country as being of the left and the right. The more nuanced division between left-of-centre and right-of-centre forces has also been in vogue to cover the growing diversity of political parties. In the specific context of India, the balance of power has clearly shifted from …
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August 24, 2017 -
Fish, music, sport – BJP’s novel ways to win Bengal’s heart
Aiming to throw a serious challenge to the Trinamool Congress in next year's panchayat poll ahead of the bigger battle in 2019, the BJP is looking at novel ways to court the masses. And what better way to reach a common Bengali's heart than through fish, music and sports? So, the saffron brigade has lined …
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July 20, 2017 -
Am I a Hindu, my Lord?
During the last election to the Lok Sabha when the prospect of the BJP coming to power appeared strong and its Hindutva agenda dominated public debate, a judicial observation was quietly made on the nature of the Hindu religion which had it that Hinduism was a way of life rather than a uniform system of …
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April 29, 2017 -
‘Sangh an anti-intellectual force’
Historian Ramachandra Guha, 58, is an eminent chronicler of contemporary India. His books include a noted work of environmental history (The Unquiet Woods, 1989), an award-winning social history of sport (A Corner of a Foreign Field, 2002) and an acclaimed work of contemporary history (India after Gandhi, 2007). He is a recipient of the R …
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September 23, 2016