To remain relevant, irrespective of whether one donates for the Ram temple construction, Indians should ask a few questions of the fund collectors. The RSS and its affiliate organizations, including the ruling BJP, have launched the most massive public fund collection drive for construction of the Ram temple in Ayodhya, which will be built by […]
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If the RSS loves Savarkar, it should answer the question posed by Acharya Atre in 1941 – whether Savarkar was a hero of the freedom movement or an enemy of freedom? Vinayak Damodar Savarkar is back in the news in Maharashtra. Rahul Gandhi’s comment raised more than a storm in a teacup in the state.
Was Savarkar hero or enemy? Thus asked Acharya Atre Read More »
There are many questions which are in need of answers. The answers to these questions are the key to Congress revival. The Congress party has once again failed in the recently concluded Bihar assembly elections and in several by-polls across the country. Their failure has caused such a loss of face for the party that it
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Inclusive alliances are the way forward in Indian politics, and if Bihar is anything to go by, the opposition parties around the country have a lot of work to do. Amidst a strict nation-wide lockdown brought on by a pandemic, the BJP organised its first massive virtual meeting with its cadres and supporters in Bihar.
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Senior BJP leader Eknath Khadse quitting the party and joining the NCP is important for politics beyond immediate electoral gains or losses in Maharashtra. It has generated a discourse on the future of OBCs in the saffron party in the state. Its the first visible hole in the BJP’s umbrella of social engineering. Ekanath Khadse’s
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The sequence of events since the Anna Hazare movement suggests a conspiratorial political roadmap. Was a movement spearheaded by India against Corruption during the UPA-II period created by the RSS? Were Anna Hazare and Arvind Kejriwal propped up by the Hindutva mother-body? These are not new questions and the RSS itself would perhaps not fight
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The freedom movement for Indian independence and a free India stood against the mighty British Empire and sounded the death knell for colonialism across the world. By comparing it to an agitation to build the Ram temple, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has devalued the freedom struggle. Mani Shankar Aiyar has asked of Congress leaders, “……rather
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The BJP leadership, which is over-sensitive about the subject of election victories, and is fully aware of who delivers the ruling party its electoral dividends, obviously chose not to disappoint the perpetrators of violence. If violence could only be stopped after 96 hours, it is entirely possible for the union government to control it within
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Engagement with diverse ideas, acceptability of different tactics, and broader unity against the hegemony of fascist ideas are the need of the hour. The Aam Adami Party’s epic victory in the Delhi assembly elections is a validation of the work undertaken by the Kejriwal government in this half-state. The Bharatiya Janata Party’s resounding defeat, on
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Whether they would remain in the OBCs list or would be included in the new 13% quota for Marathas is unclear. If it happens, the Kunabi and Marathas would both be the biggest losers providing gains for non-Kunabi OBCs and other upper castes in the state. The Bombay High Court’s judgment on upholding reservations for
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