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In the age of polarising films, the quiet rebellion of ‘Ikkis’ and ‘The Great Shamsuddin Family’
February 09, 2026 11:21 am
Contemporary Bollywood remains largely trapped in a cycle of hypernationalism, where the representation of minorities has shifted from stereotyping to open criminalisation. A few films in the Hindi film industry and many in regional cinema offer an alternative vision
A different nationalism: Let's go back to our Constitution
June 20, 2025 7:11 pm
Notwithstanding the riches of India’s heritage, it would be historically inaccurate to think that one could find there a grammar for universal franchise, popular sovereignty, and justiciable fundamental rights, those distinctive features of our Constitution
Ashutosh Varshney writes: Why BJP's Hindutva — and Modi magic — hit a wall in South India
December 06, 2023 9:19 am
There are enough historical fragments available to keep Hindu nationalists ideologically interested in Telangana (as well as Karnataka). But there is no such historical charge in Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Andhra
What does it mean to be Indian?
July 26, 2021 6:32 pm
Ashutosh Varshney writes: A definition centred on being Hindu and Hindi-speaking threatens to override a superordinate civic identity underlined by the Constitution.
Election is the ideology
May 28, 2019 12:12 am
A hundred years after the birth of Hindu nationalism, Narendra Modi’s victory embodies its original vision.
‘Reconversion’ paradoxes
January 07, 2015 12:45 am
Is ‘ghar wapsi’ a return, or conversion to Hinduism?
Mind the Dot
December 01, 2013 5:16 am
The much-misused and bruised nuqta is getting rid of its historical baggage to stage a quiet but firm comeback.
Nitish Kumar shares stage with Mulayam Singh,fuels speculation on Third Front
October 30, 2013 3:50 pm
They came together as participants of a non-Congress,non-BJP anti-communal convention.
Cong turns WikiLeaks heat on BJP: Accept that Hindutva is to gain votes
March 28, 2011 3:35 am
Claiming that the latest WikiLeaks revelations have exposed the real face of the BJP,the Congress has turned the heat on the main opposition party.
Now,Wiki storm hits Jaitley,BJP backs him
March 27, 2011 12:02 am
Jaitley quickly denied having used the words.
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