Indianama
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The mass radicalisation that India does not acknowledge
The persecution of Muslims is rooted in growing bigotry within Hindu society and its normalisation in politics, judiciary and police.
Samar Halarnkar
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India accelerates its age of ecological annihilation
By destroying its last wild areas, India is endangering the future of its people, forests and water sources to deliver questionable, short-term gains to a few.
Samar Halarnkar
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The widening war against India’s women journalists
As the Opposition withers away during the pandemic, online attacks intensify against journalists from trolls linked to India’s ruling party.
Samar Halarnkar
Trending
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Virat Kohli uses an 'MRF bat'. Rohit Sharma uses a 'CEAT bat'. But whose bat do they really use?
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Green card reform, no more Muslim ban: What Biden’s immigration proposals promise
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‘Delhi is our capital too’: A blow-by-blow account of the farmers’ tractor rally on Republic Day
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Whichever way you look at it, Modi’s handling of the farm laws has been a complete mess
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Caught on camera: How Deep Sidhu was chased away from the farmers’ protest at Red Fort in Delhi
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The twilight of Indian democracy
Protest and journalism are criminal acts, Parliament is irrelevant, duties supersede rights,and profanity flows from the ordinary.
Samar Halarnkar
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FIR 59/20 and the dark contours of India’s emerging, new republic
The Hindu-Rashtra strategy is leery of reason, hostile to minorities, benevolent to misinformation, manipulative of law and derisive of science.
Samar Halarnkar
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Narendra Modi is adopting the wrong lessons of history
All leaders lie and make mistakes. Great leaders use lies to build consensus, they learn from mistakes and they learn to compromise. Modi should too.
Samar Halarnkar
Video
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Watch: Teenager shows what British sitcoms would be like if set during the pandemic
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Watch: Mother surprises daughter with cancer by shaving her own head too
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Watch: Time-lapse of the snowiest day in over five decades seen in Omaha, US
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Watch: Doctors suture head injury of farmer under mobile phone lights after tractor rally
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Watch: Meet Simba, the first lion cub born from artificial insemination in a Singapore wildlife park
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Smoke, mirrors and Modi: A grand illusion of governance
Emotion and grand political statements may normally distract and attract voters. In a crisis, they are poor substitutes for governance.
Samar Halarnkar
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Why the slow drip of anti-Muslim poison in India is now a flood
For vast swathes of Hindu society, the pandemic is a convenient staging point on the route to the marginalisation of Muslim India.
Samar Halarnkar
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The privileges of being Hindu in new India
They will not make me prove my allegiance – and then refuse it, whether I fly the flag, recite the Constitution, sing the anthem or die for my country.
Samar Halarnkar
The Reel
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Watch: AR Rahman launches ‘maajja’ platform to promote independent music
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Warner Bros releases sneak peek of ‘Suicide Squad’ sequel, new films with Hugh Jackman, Will Smith
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‘Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel’: Series revisits LA hotel linked to several crimes
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‘Silk Road’ trailer: Crime thriller examines the rise and fall of Ross Ulbricht and his darknet site
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‘Raya and the Last Dragon’ trailer: Disney animated film out in cinemas on March 5
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The BJP’s perilous descent from Hindu appeasement to incitement
Ministers deliver hate speech, police take their cues and goons are empowered to transition from social-media rage to street violence.
Samar Halarnkar
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The growing radicalisation of Hindus threatens the Indian republic and the Constitution
Only Hindus can disprove the proposition of the Hindu nation. If they do not, we know what awaits
Samar Halarnkar
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Narendra Modi and the unsurprising politics of vendetta
The PM has a long memory and imposes meticulous retribution on dissenters. No slight is forgotten, no reprisal considered too petty or disproportionate.
Samar Halarnkar
The Field
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Watch: Bharat Arun on the difference in Ajinkya Rahane and Virat Kohli’s captaincy style for bowlers
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ISL: Poor finishing, woodwork deny dominant Kerala Blasters a win against Jamshedpur
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Kerala High Court issues notice to Virat Kohli in a plea seeking ban on online gambling
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Watch: Don’t put too much pressure on Shubman Gill, allow him to develop, says Gautam Gambhir
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AFC Cup: ATK Mohun Bagan handed tricky group stage opponents in Maldives’ Maziya, Bangladesh’s Kings