Ethnic Nationalism
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Why far-right extremists like to appropriate symbols from Norse mythology
Neo-Nazis find what they want to find in Norse myth: violence, ruthlessness, an existential war that will lead to the rebirth of a new world.
Tom Birkett, The Conversation
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The silence of friends: Why does the Muslim world support Palestine but ignore Kurdistan’s struggle?
Two nations, orphaned by the demise of the Ottoman Empire, are fighting for statehood. But the response of global Muslim community to each is quite different.
Faisal CK
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In BJP’s ‘divisive nationalism’, Barack Obama sees a precursor to America’s Donald Trump era
The former US president recounts how Indian PM Manmohan Singh warned him of politicians being able to exploit ‘the call of religious and ethnic solidarity.’
Scroll Staff
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Thriller: A serial killer is on the loose, murdering India’s famous nuclear scientists one by one
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These innovations have made Amrik Sukhdev Dhaba in Murthal the truck drivers’ favourite since 1967
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The Man, the Machine: Merab Dvalishvili in Mumbai
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‘The Hachette Book of Indian Detective Fiction’ makes you rethink pre-conceptions about the genre
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Memoir: A journalist remembers the 1960s and how the Naxal movement was portrayed in books and films
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The abuse of soldier's daughter Gurmehar Kaur shows that Savarkarite nationalism is on the rise
India started off with big-tent nationalism based on land. It's now shifting to a notion based on ideology and blood.
Shoaib Daniyal
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Pakistani scholars come to grips with another ethnic ideology: Punjabi nationalism
Many have spoken about the hegemony of the Punjabis in Pakistan. But few have noticed the voices highlighting the threats to Punjabi culture.
Nadeem F Paracha