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Dhirendra K Jha

Dhirendra K Jha is a Scroll.in staffer.

This is the book for which the Sanatan Sanstha filed a Rs 10-crore defamation suit – and lost

‘Shadow Armies’ is written by Dhirendra K Jha and published by Juggernaut Books.

Dhirendra K Jha
· Mar 04, 2020 · 08:30 am
How the VHP transformed Ayodhya from a town of bohemian sadhus into a hotbed of violence

When Ayodhya’s ascetics showed a lack of support for its Ram Janmabhoomi movement, the VHP knew it needed pliant mahants, Dhirendra K Jha writes in a new book.

Dhirendra K Jha
· Apr 25, 2019 · 08:30 am
Instead of offering objective analysis, Andersen-Damle book helps RSS perpetuate convenient myths

In ‘The RSS: A View to the Inside’, authors Walter K Andersen and Shridhar D Damle appear extremely sympathetic to the organisation’s causes.

Dhirendra K Jha
· Aug 20, 2018 · 08:30 am

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