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Mohan Bhagwat's Hindutva is not narrow. Are his words in New York heard in India?
September 01, 2026 6:55 am
In today’s atmosphere of hate and othering, one hopes that the RSS chief will use his influence to restore sanity, tolerance and accommodation, which were the essential attributes of Hinduism
Sanatan Dharma: A hard politics, a Hinduism that defines itself through food ‘purity’
May 06, 2026 7:03 pm
Over the last few years, there has been a noticeable shift towards “Sanatan Dharma” among BJP politicians. The reason is largely strategic: Hindutva sounds overtly religious, while Sanatan Dharma can be framed as cultural, allowing wider outreach
Tavleen Singh writes: Hate speeches in a civilised country are deplorable
February 01, 2026 3:22 pm
The irony of what these cynical politicians and violent fanatics are doing is that they seem to believe that their hate speeches and their violence are making India stronger. The exact opposite is happening...
Tavleen Singh writes: It is now a battle between an older, civilised India and a barbaric new India
April 20, 2025 12:14 pm
Under the gleaming new airports and the fancy new highways what is being crushed is the spiritual soul of India and it is being crushed by people who believe they are nationalists and patriots.
Suhas Palshikar writes: RSS, a century later
October 23, 2024 9:45 pm
With Hindutva the only game in town, it can now declare its version of Hinduism as the official one
Pune court asks Rahul Gandhi to appear on August 19 in Savarkar defamation case
May 30, 2024 10:00 pm
Satyaki is the grand nephew of Vinayak Savarkar. In April last year, Satyaki had filed a complaint before a magistrate court in Pune, following Rahul Gandhi's alleged defamatory remarks against Vinayak Savarkar.
Ram Madhav writes: RSS is committed to nation building – not politics
May 25, 2024 12:20 pm
When there is a higher purpose in life, smaller questions become irrelevant. That is how an average RSS activist reacts when confronted with the kind of debates happening today
Where is the evidence for North-South political faultline?
December 21, 2023 9:54 am
The divide in the polity is real and has been so for some time. But raising it to a faultline using untenable hypotheses does not explain that enigma; instead, it could add to the prevailing incendiary rhetoric
From Savarkar to Golwalkar, why Hindutva admires Zionism
December 07, 2023 12:00 pm
The foundation of this emerging alliance rests on hostility to Islam, but there are other affinities between Zionism and Hindutva. Both are characterised by ethno-nationalist ideologies that prioritise factors like race, territory and nativism
Why I am a Hindu but not a Sanatan Dharmi
September 17, 2023 8:58 am
The varna system and gender inequality are perhaps the most indefensible features of Sanatan Dharma. Their enforcement continues to this date
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India survive top-order wobble, beat Pakistan by 7 wickets in Women’s Asia Cup
Sports12 min ago
Captain Harmanpreet Kaur hit the winning runs with a six in her record 150th T20I match as skipper as India beat Pakistan by seven wickets in the 2026 Women's Asia Cup. India only had to chase a target of 56 runs but they needed to survived a top-order wobble, with Harmanpreet and Deepti calming things down for them.
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