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Tag: Hindutva
Students and Faculty React To UGC’s Move to Do Away With Black Convocation Robes
"DU is under the stress of being privatised, students are protesting for basic rights and all they care about is what we wear on our convocation?” says a recent …
The ‘Janeu’ – Why Do Woke Brahmins Flaunt a Symbol of Oppression?
Be it a flippant joke, a layered WhatsApp forward or a campaign speech, the sense of Aryan superiority rears its ugly head every now and then.
Screaming Loudly in Omelas: On Womxn’s Protests in Hindutva-Laced India
Let the record show that masses of womxn protested.
What’s Your Religion?
"My religion doesn’t fit your colour scheme."
What My Hometown Ayodhya Taught Me About Pseudo-Nationalism
The definition of nationalism has been subtly manipulated into something that suits the political interests of certain individuals.
Saffron Is Spreading – Because Nothing Spreads Faster Than the Stench of Fear
A poem about the rise of Hindutva politics – and the ways we can resist its onset.
What Separates Umar Khalid’s Attackers from Other Islamist Terrorists?
If people can proudly claim responsibility for attacking Umar Khalid, then what separates their beliefs and actions from those of terrorist organisations?
‘Babri Masjid, 25 Years On…’: Multiple Perspectives on the Making and Aftermath of a Riot
The books knits together several different perspectives – both personal and institutional – on the 1992 riots. However, it fails to address Brahmanical elitism and its influence in our …
On Intolerance, Salman Rushdie and ‘The Moor’s Last Sigh’
In these Hindutva-charged times, Rushdie's novel about plurality and intolerance takes on a new, contemporary significance.