Shamsul Islam
The writer taught political science at the University of Delhi
Articles By Shamsul Islam
Which Hedgewar?
Pranab Mukherjee’s description of RSS founder does not stand up to scrutiny
Let’s not be deluded on RSS
RSS’s own documents highlight its opposition to a secular, democratic India.
Competing communalisms
Whenever Muslim localities and properties were attacked as revenge against some objectionable posts by some Muslims, or Muslims were targeted for allegedly carrying beef, public opinion generally decried such engineered violence.
Tarun Vijay’s take that people of South India are ‘black’ is not surprising
Tarun Vijay told Al Jazeera whatever he learnt sitting at the feet of his GURU. Incidentally, if Tarun had made such a racist comment in USA or Europe, he would have been behind bars.
RSS must discard its anti-democratic-secular India agenda
Indians are expected to ‘de-colonize’ their minds and believe that RSS vision of Hindu rashtra is not antithetical to a democratic-secular India.
ICHR’s post-truth: Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose is the latest victim
Once a prime national centre of historical research, ICHR has been totally handed over to the RSS pracharaks.
The new right is wrong
It is only the old RSS vision for India recycled
RSS is not just antithetical to Muslims, but to a democratic-secular India as well
The Indian Constituent Assembly approved the Constitution on November 26, 1949. Four days later, RSS rejected it through an editorial in its English organ Organiser on November 30, 1949
No love for Ambedkar
Ram Madhav’s assertions do not match the ideological discourse of the RSS.
The unmaking of India
It’s hard to reconcile the oath of ministerial office with what the RSS stands for
