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India needs to discard the Macaulayist mindset: Hosabale

January 16, 2026 6:10 am

This comes close on the heels of PM Modi repeatedly saying that India should discard the legacy of T B Macaulay by 2035, two centuries after Macaulay in his ‘Minute on Indian education’ document proclaimed that he wanted “Indians by blood but English in mindset”.

Weeks after RSS row, Digvijaya Singh says won't seek another Rajya Sabha term: Why the Congress veteran is stepping aside

January 14, 2026 1:25 pm

The former Madhya Pradesh CM is likely to be deployed for strengthening the Congress's grassroots network, help it rebuild, say party insiders

Chinese party officials meet RSS leaders, Congress takes swipe at BJP

January 14, 2026 3:25 am

The Congress accused the BJP of hypocrisy and termed the meeting as “meek surrender”, while the ruling party said the “discussions were focused on advancing the inter-party communication” and the RSS termed the visit “a courtesy call”.

Fresh row in Indore: Collector, mayor attend meeting in RSS office

January 09, 2026 6:16 am

Congress questions admn’s ‘impartiality’; BJP says ‘courtesy’ call, nothing wrong.

Hindus in Bangladesh must stay united… India must do something: RSS chief on Bangladesh turmoil

December 22, 2025 5:03 am

Says India’s foreign policy is fine, but needs speed

P Chidambaram writes: The second killing of Mahatma Gandhi

December 21, 2025 6:20 pm

What started with Jawaharlal Nehru has now reached Mahatma Gandhi. The BJP’s grave wrongs will not be forgiven by the people of India

C Raja Mohan writes: Indian Communism is 100 years old. And it's too early to write its obituary

December 17, 2025 7:45 am

The conditions that once gave rise to communism — deep inequality, agrarian distress, precarious labour, the persistence of feudal values, and global economic turbulence — are sharper than ever. There is also renewed global interest in socialist and left-wing ideas, even in advanced economies

Savarkar, Macaulay, Vande Mataram: Why BJP's cultural agenda is back in focus

December 14, 2025 3:48 pm

With the Ram temple built and Article 370 abrogated, the party appears to be expanding the ambit of its cultural politics, attempting to turn its long-held ideological positions into national debates.

RSS-backed yatra to save trees near Gangotri stretch concludes

December 08, 2025 4:09 am

A group of around 100 participants performed symbolic worship of Deodar trees, along one of the last pristine stretches of upper Ganga, tying Raksha Sutras or sacred threads.

Murder of RSS leader’s son in Punjab’s Ferozepur: Key accused killed in gunfight as aides try to free him from police custody

November 28, 2025 3:04 am

At Dussehra rally in Nagpur, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat calls for ‘comprehensive population control policy’

October 05, 2022 2:47 pm

Babri Masjid demolition case: All accused including Advani, Joshi acquitted

September 30, 2020 7:06 pm

All the 32 accused in the Babri mosque demolition case, including BJP veterans L K Advani and MM Joshi, were on Wednesday acquitted by a special CBI court in Lucknow.

On Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s birth anniversary, here are some rare photographs that you wouldn’t have seen

December 26, 2019 8:36 am

Vajpayee was born on December 25, 1924 and joined the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) as a teenager in 1939, and became a full-time worker in 1947.

A day at the RSS shakha

March 30, 2014 12:00 pm

For the first time, RSS is openly rallying behind BJP in an election.

Mass conversions are a matter of concern for all: Rajnath Singh

June 22, 2020 6:05 pm

At a function organised by a Christian body, on Tuesday, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said that mass conversions are a matter of concern and needs to be checked.

BJP's star campaigner Yogi Adityanath’s emotive appeals turn a damp squib | DECISION 2018

June 22, 2020 6:08 pm

Yogi Adityanath, the man in a saffron robe, has emerged as one of the star campaigners for the BJP in the last few elections. But his speeches in this election making a strong Hindutva pitch failed to get any results.

Is VHP’s Ayodhya mobilisation bringing back fears of the 1992 Babri demolition?

June 22, 2020 6:09 pm

Is the Ayodhya mobilisation now as powerful and potent as it was in 1992? Are there law and order concerns for the Centre and Uttar Pradesh government, both now ruled by the BJP? And most importantly, is it fair to compare 2018 to 1992?

Senior BJP leaders remember Ananth Kumar as a leader

June 22, 2020 6:11 pm

Union minister Ananth Kumar passed away on Monday morning. He was suffering from pancreatic cancer for some time now. Senior BJP leaders paid their tributes to the leader.

RSS to ABVP to BJP, Ananth Kumar stayed relevant from Vajpayee’s party to Modi’s cabinet

June 22, 2020 6:11 pm

Ananth Kumar passed away on Monday morning due to pancreatic cancer. Through the years, he has managed to be one of the men that found a place in Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s cabinet in NDA-I to NDA-II under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Eye for Detail EP 12: All about the Ayodhya uncertainty, RBI vs govt and Statue of Unity

June 22, 2020 6:12 pm

How the BJP and RSS are reacting to the Supreme Court deferring the Ayodhya case, why the RBI and the government are at loggerheads and what it means to have a statue worth almost Rs 3000 crores. All that and more in this week’s Eye for Detail.

How the Supreme Court verdict on Ayodhya impacts the BJP

June 22, 2020 6:12 pm

The Supreme Court has said that the date for the Ayodhya hearings will be decided in January. Here’s how it will impact the BJP and what the RSS is likely to do.

Idea Exchange With Ramdas Athawale

June 22, 2020 6:19 pm

A prominent Dalit leader from Maharashtra, Ramdas Athawale has been raising the issues concerning the Dalits in the government. In this edition of Idea Exchange, he talks about the community’s issues and answers questions on how India can counter cas

HIGHLIGHTS: When Rahul Gandhi defined jhumla, talked about Jay Shah, Rafale deal and more

June 22, 2020 6:21 pm

In his long speech on the floor of the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi defined jhumla, attacked the government on the issues of farmers, women's safety, lack of jobs and accused the BJP of playing divisive politics. And it all ended with a hug and a wink.

When Rahul hugged Modi: Call me Pappu, insult me. But I have no hate for you

June 22, 2020 6:21 pm

At the end of an impassioned speech, Rahul Gandhi tells the Parliament that he has no hatred towards the BJP or RSS or anyone else who call him names and insult him. He said, that's what it is to be a Congressman, an Indian.