Hindutva Politics
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Sanatan Sanstha is not terrorist outfit under UAPA, it aims to ‘impart spiritual knowledge’, says HC
The Hindutva organisation is accused of playing a role in the murders of rationalists Narendra Dabholkar, MM Kalburgi and Govind Pansare.
Scroll Staff
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Kannada actor Chetan Kumar arrested for tweet criticising Hindutva
The actor had written that the ideology is based on lies. He has been sent to judicial custody for 14 days.
Scroll Staff
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Sanatan dharma is the national religion of India, says Adityanath
The Uttar Pradesh CM also said that campaigns to restore allegedly desecrated temples, on the lines of Ayodhya’s Ram Temple, must be launched.
Scroll Staff
Trending
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Why are Sikhs abroad more pro-Khalistan than community members living in India?
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Adani is merely a front for PM Modi, alleges Arvind Kejriwal citing ‘BJP leader’
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Kalakshetra abuse controversy should force a rethink of power hierarchies in ‘classical’ dance world
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Are your UPI payments farming your personal data without your consent?
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Anjana Appachana’s first novel in 20 years: A tender story of love, longing in a Delhi neighbourhood
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How Mulayam Singh Yadav’s Padma Vibhushan shows the hollowness of the BJP’s Hindutva politics
The award is aimed at wooing OBC votes. But does it erase the memory of BJP footsoldiers who died in firing ordered by the Samajwadi Party leader in 1990?
Vivek Deshpande
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Analysis: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s advice to Muslims could actually apply to Hindutva supporters
The RSS chief urged Muslims to abandon their ‘supremacist’ view even as the Sangh itself claims Hindus have the god-given duty to rescue the world.
Vivek Deshpande
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What the hounding of Shah Rukh Khan and Indian Muslims says about the deep rot in our society
Indian Muslims cannot end this violence. It is for Hindus to fight the evil within.
Apoorvanand & Alishan Jafri
Video
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Watch: Rescuer scales 65-foot telecom tower in Pune to save bird tangled in kite string
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Watch: Major pipeline bursts in Mumbai’s Mulund, sends water gushing high into the air
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Watch: Musician plays Sidhu Moose Wala’s song ‘295’ on the sarangi in a shopping area in Chandigarh
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Watch: A group of Pakistani artists creates huge portrait of Shah Rukh Khan on a beach
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Watch: Thunderstorm wrecks cars, brings down power lines, in Dibrugarh, Assam
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Telangana government rejects suspended MLA T Raja Singh’s appeal to revoke detention
The suspended BJP legislator was detained on August 25 for making allegedly derogatory comments about Prophet Muhammad.
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From ayurveda advocacy to ‘Kartavya Path’: The canny decolonial politics of Narendra Modi
In making a connection between colonialism and ayurveda, Modi addresses a decades-long sense of cultural and scientific inferiority among Indians.
Sanya Dhingra
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How a lagoon in Gujarat’s Toraniya shows up the government’s fake claims about the Narmada project
Two decades before the contested Sardar Sarovar dam brought water to dry parts of the state, a group of dedicated activists delivered on a small promise.
Dilip D’Souza
The Reel
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Netflix India’s latest mantra: ‘You can’t be successful globally without being successful locally’
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Start the week with a film: The very violent and very clever ‘Battle Royale’
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Review: ‘Boston Strangler’ looks for the woman in the serial killer story
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‘Chor Nikal Ke Bhaga’ review: A smart and entertaining thriller
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‘Jubilee’ trailer: Series is set in the Hindi film industry of the 1940s and 1950s
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Why Arvind Kejriwal is borrowing the RSS vocabulary of supremacist nationalism
Exploring the strategy of Hindutva lite.
Vivek Deshpande
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Bajrang Dal stops Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt from entering Ujjain temple
Hindutva supporters have called for a boycott of the actors’ upcoming movie ‘Brahmastra’ after a video of Kapoor saying he likes to eat beef went viral.
Scroll Staff
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First Ram, now Ganesh: How the gods are being drafted into the battles of Hindutva politics
All kinds of tricks are being used to evict Muslims from public places or take away their collective spaces.
Apoorvanand
The Field
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Football: Chhetri, Jhingan score as India win Tri-Nation title; Women’s team loses Uzbekistan
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Spain Masters Super 300: Another chance for PV Sindhu to find her groove, Satwik-Chirag eye deep run
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Indian football: Sunil Chhetri – ‘My hunger to score is the same as it has always been’
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IPL 2023: Ben Stokes ready to start as batter but bowling will have to wait, says CSK’s Mike Hussey
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AB de Villiers on RCB jersey retirement: 'I have a deep connection with this country and its people’