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Dera Sacha sauda
Of vice and godmen: What explains the popularity of cults in India and the world?
Mohan Guruswamy
· Aug 30, 2017 · 06:30 pm
Haryana chief minister refuses to step down over violence after Dera chief’s rape case verdict
Scroll Staff
· Aug 30, 2017 · 02:05 pm
Haryana, Punjab limp back to normalcy after violence sparked by Dera chief rape sentence
Scroll Staff
· Aug 29, 2017 · 02:20 pm
The power of prayer: A short history of deras and their political patronage
Mrinal Pande
· Aug 29, 2017 · 06:30 am
The big news: Ram Rahim to serve 20 years in jail for raping two followers, and 9 other top stories
Scroll Staff
· Aug 28, 2017 · 09:05 pm
Video: How Gurmeet Singh gathered the kind of clout and followers that he has in Punjab and Haryana
Neelima and Anmol Kanojia
· Aug 28, 2017 · 05:35 pm
Mobile religiosity: As old social structures change, deras offer a new sense of community
Surinder S Jodhka
· Aug 28, 2017 · 05:30 pm
Dera chief Ram Rahim sentenced to 20 years in prison for rape, lawyer says will challenge verdict
Scroll Staff
· Aug 28, 2017 · 03:33 pm
The big news: Dera chief Ram Rahim gets 10 years in jail for rape, and nine other top stories
Scroll Staff
· Aug 28, 2017 · 02:04 pm
The Daily Fix: Haryana government must pay for failing in its most basic duties in Panchkula
Sruthisagar Yamunan
· Aug 28, 2017 · 09:31 am
Shoot-at-sight orders issued against ‘anti-social elements’ in Rohtak ahead of Ram Rahim sentencing
Scroll Staff
· Aug 28, 2017 · 08:06 am
Not just mob frenzy: What is common between followers of Ram Rahim and Sri Sri Ravi Shankar?
Sanjay Srivastava
· Aug 28, 2017 · 08:00 am
Readers’ comments: ‘Our government talks of beti bachao on one hand, supports a rapist on the other’
Scroll
· Aug 27, 2017 · 10:30 pm
The big news: At Patna rally, Sharad Yadav talks of a new grand alliance, and 9 other top stories
Scroll Staff
· Aug 27, 2017 · 08:47 pm
Who is Honeypreet Insan, the woman with Ram Rahim in the helicopter image that went viral?
Devarsi Ghosh
· Aug 27, 2017 · 06:30 pm
Haryana: All schools, colleges will be closed tomorrow ahead of Ram Rahim’s sentencing in rape case
Scroll Staff
· Aug 27, 2017 · 05:26 pm
The big news: PM Modi says violence is not acceptable after Haryana riots, and 9 other top stories
Scroll Staff
· Aug 27, 2017 · 01:23 pm
Haryana: Rohtak to be closed for outsiders ahead of Dera Sacha Sauda chief’s sentencing in rape case
Scroll Staff
· Aug 27, 2017 · 12:55 pm
Tamil Nadu truck drivers say they were mistaken for Dera Sacha Sauda followers, beaten up in Haryana
Scroll Staff
· Aug 27, 2017 · 10:42 am
The Weekend Fix: Imagine lakhs marching to support a rape survivor, plus nine more reads
Rohan Venkataramakrishnan
· Aug 27, 2017 · 09:32 am
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