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Paradigm shift Once Enemies, Now Friends Exposing a Maharashtra
legend Revisiting the 'Secular'
Ideal Emulating the
threatening 'Other' A secular response The Right and the Right Hindutva and history Mapping The Path of the
Parivar review by KK (April 2004) Review by Christopher Lee (February 2004) Beyond Hindu and Muslim: Multiple Identity in Narratives from Village India. Peter Gottschalk. [New York: Oxford University Press, 2000]. Hindutva's Hoax On A Collusion Course [See also review of the Paul Brassbook by Thomas Blom Hansen (Nov 2003) ] Savarkar re-examined Evolution of an ideology reviewed by
V. Krishna Ananth (Oct
22, 2002) Father, Son and The
Unholy Mission Violence, Stripped To
Its Core The
gastronomic legends and taboos
of Indiaís modern Hindu chauvinism review by Susan Watkins |
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news on Hindutva at work visit the Hindutva at work blog From the News URLs Archive Secularists helped ISI spread network: VHP Press Trust of India (January 28, 2003) Himachal VHP asks parties to include its demands in manifestos (Outlook India, India - 17 Jan 2003) Sufi shrine centre of communal tension The Hindustan Times, January 16, 2003 Victims blame VHP for 'organised' violence (Bhopal) (indian Express) The Telegraph, January 17, 2003 Sangh drags scandal into pastor attack The Indian Express Violence in Vadodara US missionary attacked in India - BBC (Jan 15, 2003) Poll panel keeps leash on Modi [3 Nov'02] Shiv Sena sets up neo-natal ICU in Thane village [2 Nov'02] Communal tension grips Patapol area of Cuttack (Oct, 02) |
Selected
Articles in
Chronological order
Orissa: Hindutva's Violent History
by Angana Chatterji (September 5, 2008)
Then they came for Christians . . .
by Ram Puniyani (September 5, 2008)
India: Shameless failure of state to control Hindu supremacists
by Antara Dev Sen (September 4, 2008)
Religious Violence Drives India's Descent into Obscurantism
by Javed Naqvi (September 1, 2008)
'Communalism could have been controlled'
An Interview with Bipan Chandra (September 1, 2008)
One India: Two Peoples
Holy cows & scapegoats
by Subhas Gatade [August 29 2008]
The Hindutva Movement and Politics: The Case of Vishva Hindu Parishad
by Geeta Puri [August 18, 2008]
Spiritual As Criminal:
Time to Ban 'Hindu Janjagruti Samiti' and 'Sanatan Santha'
by Subhash Gatade [July 3, 2008]
Statement to official commission of Inquiry re communal violence in Kandhamal, Orissa
by Angana Chatterji [May 30, 2008]
Kirtibhai: Between criminal and spiritual
by Subhash Gatade [April 16, 2008]
Growing Hinduisation of the public sphere in India
by Meera Nanda
Fears for Democracy in India
by Martha C. Nussbaum [May 18, 2007]
Revisiting Babri
by Ram Puniyani [March 23, 2007]
Yogi Adityanath's crocodile tears
by Subhash Gatade [March 13, 2007]
Gujarat 2002: The Long Shadow
by Bina Srinivasan [March 3, 2007]
Hindutva's Uncivil Society in Eastern UP:
Its time stop the hate spewing yogi of Gorakhpur
by Subhashini Ali [February 2007]
'Yogi Parighatna: Poorvi Uttar Pradeh Mein Hindu Rashtra ki Dastak'
[Hindu Rashtra knocking on the door in eastern UP -- A booklet in Hindi]
by Subhash Gatade [ February 24, 2007]
Refuse to sit by and let mass crimes go unpunished
by Teesta Setalvad [ February 20, 2007]
Using hate a weapon to gain power
by Vidya Bhusahan Rawat [February 12, 2007]
Lengthening shadows of swastika in Gujarat
by Ram Puniyani [February 4, 2007]
Making hindutva, eating smosas in America
by Gautam Bhatia [January 27, 2007]
Return of the rightwing textbooks
by Apoorvanand [January 17, 2007]
Secularism without Secularisation
by Meera Nanda [January 6, 2007]
Emphasizing ‘Others’: the emergence of Hindu nationalism in a central Indian tribal community
by Peggy Froerer [?, 2006]
RSS: Cultural or Political
by Ram Puniyani [October 20, 2006]
A litmus test of impartiality
by Praful Bidwai [September 23, 2006]
Karmayogi - Golwalkar Guruji
Coming soon to a theare near you
by Subhash Gatade [Aug 15, 2006]
When is violence 'terror' and when is it not?
by M R Narayan Swamy [Aug 2, 2006]
Jammu and Kashmir: Pilgrim’s Progress Causes Regression
by Gautam Navlakha [July 8, 2006]
Finding our common ground
by Amartya Sen [May 31, 2006]
Wages of Hate
by Harsh Mander [May 8, 2006]
What Contitutes the Real Threat to India
by Subhash Gatade [April 22, 2006]
M.S. Golwalkar: Conceptualizing Hindutva Fascism
by Ram Puniyani [March 6, 2006]
Sanitising
the Supremo! On the birth anniversary of Golwalkar Guruji
by
Subhash Gatade [February 21, 2006]
Encore
Soft Hindutva
by
Subhash Gatade [January 19, 2006]
Incursions of Hindutva
by
Harsh Mander [January 7, 2006]
Now, Hindu Nationalists Rewriting California Textbooks
by Angana Chatterji [January 6, 2006]
Secularism and the Gujarat state: 1960-2005
by Nikita Sud [November 2005]
Adivasi
Encounters with Hindu Nationalism in Madhya Pradesh
by Amita Baviskar [November
2005]
The
Rise of Hindu Nationalism in India: The Case Study of Ahmedabad in the
1980s
by Ornit Shani
Madhya
Pradesh: Lengthening Trident Shadows - Trishuld Diksha
in Jabalpur
by Ram Puniyani [September 16, 2005]
India:
"Our" Women, "Their" - Women Communal Ideology and
Women
by Ram Puniyani [August 15, 2005]
India: 1984 Revisited - Times for National Audit
Personal Reflections by Lalitha Ramdas [August 15, 2005]
Justice Delayed Should
not be Justice
Denied
by Smitu Kothari [August 15, 2005]
A Misfired Apology
by Sangeeta Mall
The Contours of a
Communal Violence Law
An evaluation of the Communal Violence (Suppression) Bill, 2005
by Colin Gonsalves [August 13, 2005]
Shameless
collaborators
by V.B.Rawat [August 11, 2005]
Dilemmas of Public Reason
Secularism and Religious Violence in Contemporary India
by M S S Pandian [May 28-June 4, 2005]
A
Dangerous Illusion
by Mukul Dube (Introductory essay written for The Parivar Raj and
After, to be published by the Vikas Adhyayan Kendra, Mumbai, early in
August 2005) [May 26, 2005]
The Monkey God's Army
The
Chief of Staff in Hanuman's [Bajrang Dal] Army
by Eliza Griswold [May 18, 2005]
The Monkey God's Army
The
RSS and Bollywood
by Eliza Griswold [May 19, 2005]
The BJP-RSS equation
by A.G. Noorani [May 7, 2005]
Study of textbooks evokes concern [May 2, 2005]
Worker Politics, Trade
Unions and the
Shiv Sena's Rise in Central Bombay
by Juned Shaikh [April 30, 2005]
This law won't prevent a
Gujarat
by Harsh Mander [April 26, 2005]
UPA answer to communal
violence: Army
rule, Delhi rule
by Navika Kumar [April 23, 2005]
RSS
and the Gender Question
by Ram Puniyani
[April 17,
2005]
Repressed Sexuality as a
trigger for
Violence
by
Rakesh Shukla [April
15, 2005]
Will Lotus Bloom or
Wither?
25 years of Bharatiya Janata Party
by Ram Puniyani [April 10, 2005]
Masks
Unlimited - Vajpayee, Babri Demolition and Gujarat Riots
by Ram
Puniyani [March 10, 2005]
The
Ethics of Collective Vengeance
by
Harsh Mander [March 8, 2005]
On
Muslim Women in Gujarat
by
Mukul Dube [March 8, 2005]
Cinema &
Secularism
by Mahesh Bhatt [Communalism Combat, February 2005]
On Keeping One's Eyes
Open
by Mukul Dube [February
14,
2005]
RSS rides the tsunami
tide
by PC Vinoj Kumar
Beyond Hindu-Muslim
Growth Rates
by Ashish Bose [January 29, 2005]
Saffron Demography, Common Wisdom, Aspirations and Uneven Governmentalities by Roger Jeffery and Patricia Jeffery [January 29, 2005]
"But, Who Lit the Fire ?
"
by Praful Bidwai [January 29, 2005]
Truth
about
Godhra
[Parts I-VI] [Part VII]
by Siddharth
Varadarajan
[January 23, 2005]
Always Already Secular?
by Sasheej Hegde [January
22, 2005]
Taking advantage of
public generosity
RSS tries to enter South with aid
by Ashish Kumar Sen [January
6, 2005]
The
Ramjanmabhumi Drama: The Post-Demolition Scene
by S. P. Udayakumar [November 13, 2004]
The twist doesn't change
the tale
by J Sri Raman (November 11, 2004)
Lie of the State: Zahira
Symbolises Flaws
in Prosecution Process
by Anil Dharker (November 11, 2004)
Improbability Ratio
This Population Projection Defies Common Sense
by Mukul Dube (November 9, 2004)
1984 in the life of a
nation
by Indira Jaisingh (Nov 1, 2004)
Development of an
Institutionalised Riot
System in Meerut City, 1961 to 1982
by Paul R Brass (Oct 30, 2004)
Assassination of the
Mahatma
by K.N. Panikkar (Oct 28, 2004)
Erasing
the Past for Present Political Agenda
by Ram Puniyani (October 11, 2004)
India:
Hindutvaisation of a Gorakhnath Mutt
by Subhash
Gatade
(October 8, 2004)
Censuses, Communalism,
Gender and Identity
by Charu Gupta (September 25, 2004)
The women of the Sangh
by Jyotirmaya Sharma (September 24, 2004)
Victim
of brahmanical secularism in India
by
V.B.Rawat
(September 22, 2004)
Census Follies - Editorial, The Hindu (September 13, 2004)
Indian census and
sensibilities
by
Shardul Chaturvedi (September
12, 2004)
The violence by tribals
against Muslims
in Rajasthan
by T K Rajalakshmi (September 11, 2004)
Caught in historical
cliches
by Praful Bidwai (September 11, 2004)
BJP's census itch:
there's a 247 yr hitch
by Shankar Raghuraman (September 10, 2004)
India: Manufacturing
Hysteria:
On Census-Inspired 'Nationalism'
Letter by S. Subramainian, and S. Jayaraj [September 9, 2004]
Are we still singing for
the Empire?
by Pradip Kumar Datta [September 8, 2004]
Veer
of a Different Kind
Footsoldiers in Search of an Icon
by Subhash Gatade (September
6, 2004)
Love
in the Times of Slaughter
by Harsh Mander (28 August
2004)
Heroic
Hindutva 1: SAVARKAR
Heroic Hindutva 2: UMA BHARTI
by Mukul Dube (26 August 2004)
BJP's new stunt
by Praful Bidwai
(August 26, 2004)
A law of diminishing
hatred
by
Harsh Mander (26
August 2004)
Communal violence: Need
for robust law on
genocide
by Siddharth Varadarajan
(August 25, 2004)
The Civilised Family
by Mukul Dube (August 14, 2004)
State
Accountability in Communal Riots:
Proposed Law on Duties of State Authorities
by Harsh Mander (August 13, 2004)
India:
Demonising Minorities:
The Burden of 'Dev'
by Harsh Mander
(July 11,
2004)
Dharmic Ecology and the
Neo-Pagan
International: The Dangers of Religious Environmentalism in India
by Meera Nanda (July 8, 2004)
The invention of the
Hindu
by Pankaj Mishra (June 11, 2004, Axess)
Another fling at Shariat
by I.A. Rehman (June 8, 2004)
Down, but not out
by K.N. Panikkar (June 5, 2004)
Calling India's
freethinkers
by Meera Nanda (May 22, 2004)
Dangerous Liasons: Hindu
Nationalism and
Buddhist Radicalism in Ladakh
by Martijn Van Beek (Spring 2004)
In Support of the French Secularism by V.B. Rawat (April 24, 2004)
Teaching to Hate: RSS'
Pedagogical
Programme
by Nandini Sundar (April 17, 2004)
Forest
of the Night: BJP sops to Tribals a poll ploy
by Nandini Sundar (March 20, 2004)
In the Name of Nationalism by K. N. Panikkar (March 13, 2004)
The Future of The Indian
Past
by Romila Thapar (February
21, 2004)
Intimidating Trident: Communalism 2003 by Ram Puniyani (January 1, 2004)
'Community' and
'Nation': Groping for
Alternative Narratives
by Mahua Sarkar (EPW, December 27, 2003)
Return to Gujarat
One man's struggle for justice for his murdered brother
(BBC News, 31 December
2004)
A comment on the Assembly Elections of 2003 by Mukul Dube(December 31, 2003)
Social Engineering to the Fore by Ram Puniyani (December 22, 2003)
Postmodernism, Hindu nationalism and 'Vedic science' - Part1 and Part 2 by Meera Nanda (Frontline, Dec.20, 2003 - Jan.2, 2004 and Jan. 3-16, 2004)
Gradual institutionalization of Hindutva in India: US (Sify News, Dec. 20, 2003)
The Colours of Army Green by Praveen Swami (Frontline Dec.20, 2003 - Jan.2, 2004)
Modi's latest to SC: if you move riot cases out, it may put communal harmony in danger by Manoj Mitta (Indian Express, December 20, 2003)
Sing Vande Mataram or face the music: New Rajasthan govt's first decision (Indian Express, December 16, 2003)
'Gujarat pogrom being rewritten' by Rashmee Z Ahmed (The Times of India, December 14, 2003)
It's still abnormal
by Praful Bidwai
(Hindustan Times, December 12, 2003)
Beware The Core Ideology - Secularism cannot be left to the mercy of political parties by Rudrangshu Mukherjee
A dangerous Us and Them
mindset
Assam's fear of the outsider is not a new phenomenon
Sudhanshu
Ranjan (Indian Express - 21 Nov 2003)
Islamist Militancy in Kashmir: The Case of the Lashkar-i Tayyeba by Yoginder Sikand (November 20, 2003)
Learning in Saffron: RSS Schools in Orissa
by Angana Chatterji (November 13, 2003)
Bribetaking Dileep Singh Judeo Judeo, is a key figure in the RSS strategy of Hinduizing adivasis through the Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram (VKA) program, particularly in Eastern Madhya Pradesh. VKAs played a significant role in the violence in rural Gujarat last year and they are also the recipients of a large proportion of overseas Hindutva funding. See reports and stories at Outlook and the Indian Express
Hindutva's strategic
crisis
by Praful Bidwai (Rediff, India
- 3 Nov 2003)
India's 'lab' for
divisive politics
Gujarat state is the testing ground for fundamentalists' `Hindutva'
strategy of demonizing Muslims to solidify power
by Martin Regg Cohn (Toronto Star, Canada - 26 Oct 2003)
Hindutva's Entry into a 'Hindu Province': Early Years of RSS in Orissa
by Pralay Kanungo (EPW, August 2, 2008)
Justice Elusive in India Violence - Washington Post (Jul 10, 2003)
The scars of nationalism
Suburban Hindu nationalists say their shakhas promote pride, but in
India similar groups are linked to atrocities
by Rukmini Callimachi (April 2003)
Restore India's Secular
Political Culture
by
Smita Narula (February 27, 2003)
India: Communal Riots
2002
by Asghar Ali Engineer (January 17, 2003)
From 2002
A modicum of clarity,
please by N. Bala Ganesan (Dec 24, 2002, The
Hindu)
Vajpayee's last chance
By Praful Bidwai (The Hindustan Times, 2002)
Fangs and Fury
Feeling betrayed by the BJP, the Sangh ups its vicious ante, holding
governance to ransom
Ranjit Bhushan, Saba Naqvi Bhaumik (Outlook)
Sangh Parivar above the
law?
By
Neena Vyas (The Hindu, October 21, 2002)
Blueprint
For
A Hindu India
By Mohit Sen (The Telegraph, July 17, 2002)
Holy lies
By
Pankaj Mishra (The
Guardian, Saturday April 6, 2002)
A holy site in the small Indian town of Ayodhya has become the focus of
communal strife between Hindu nationalists and Muslims
2000
'Godmother':
Contesting Communal Politics in Drought Land
by Svati Joshi (EPW,
December 2, 2000)
Links:
Communalism Combat
Anhad
Onlinevolunteers.com
Sprat
Insaniyat.org
Stopthehatred.com
Coalition Against Communalism
Stopfundinghate.org
Promiseofindia.org
South Asia Citizens Web
Campaigns and Citizens Action:
Citizens Delegation Meets the President re Violence in Orissa
- Press Note and Memo [1 Sept, 2008]
’State Ka Order Hai’
A Report of by Shabnam Hashmi
(An Independent Fact Finding Team into incident of incidents of July 3-4, 2008 in Indore [August 29, 2008]
SAHMAT exhibit on MF Hussain Attacked - Join the protest on August 25, 2008 [August 24, 2008]
Statement
by Academics and Activists on the Harassment of Ashis Nandy
[June 16, 2008]
Unmistakably Sangh: The
National HSC and its Hindutva Agenda
A report by The Campaign To Stop Funding Hate [January 17, 2008]
Please sign the petition re-attack on ms university, Gujarat
Response to Gujarat Relief Package
A Press Release by Antarik Visthapit Hak Rakshak Samiti
[March 23, 2006]
Citizens appeal for
impartial prosecution of Sajjan Kumar, Congress (I) MP
[March 20, 2006]
Inside
Gujarat’s Relief Colonies
Surviving State Hostility and Denial
by Harsh Mander [December 16, 2006]
Vadodara: Violence on
Gujarat's
"Gaurav" Day
- A PUCL
Interim Report,
May 1-13, 2006
India
- Gujarat: Untold
Story of Hindukaran
(Proselyisation) of Adivasi's (Tribals) in Dangs
by Citizen's Inquiry Committee [January 3, 2005]
Genocide in Gujarat: The Sangh Parivar, Narendra Modi, and the Government of Gujarat A report prepared for the Coalition Against Genocide - March 02, 2005.[on SACW since March 15, 2005]
A Report on the Fourth Meeting of All India Secular Forum [Jan 22-23, 2005]
Beware of Funding Hate - Press Release by Awaaz South Asia [January 6, 2005]
CSFH Urges Responsible Giving in the Wake of Tsunami Tragedy [January 2, 2005]
Draft: The Communal Crimes Act , 2004 Proposed by Human Rights Law Network, Anhad, Jansangharsh Manch, Centre for Study of Society and Secularism [December 2004]
Gujarat Genocide Trials: Appeal For The Protection of Witnesses by Mukul Dube and Harsh Kapoor (November 7, 2004)
Reject Politics of Exclusion (leaflet by Secular activists during Maharastra state elections) [SACW | October 10, 2004]
Online Petition in Defence of Prof D'Mello fired for questioning Hindutva influence in Management school (Aug 18, 2004)
Online Petition To Protest against ban by India's Censor Board on the documentary film Final Solution (August 9, 2004)
Attacked Indian Scribes Demand Arrest of Politicians (July 9, 2004)
Appeal from Karnataka to defend a Sufi shrine facing an onslaught by the Hindu Right (25 Nov 2003)
Defeat BJP, Defeat Communalism, Save India An appeal to voters by Secular Morcha (24 Nov, 2003)
Anhad protest against Modi (24 Nov 2003)
Long Distance Call
Interview with Raju Rajagopal
Recently, some 80 NRI organisations came together to form an umbrella
body called 'Promise of India' (POI), with a view to voicing their
collective concerns on communal harmony and development issues. (The
Times of India, Nov 7, 2003)
On Line Petition / appeal to India's Prime Minister to stop harassment of Dr. Mallika Sarabhai. (29 October 2003)
Online Petition to [be submitted to]
the Medical Council
of India seeking action against Dr Praveen Tagodia (leader of the Hindu
Far Right) for incitement to hate.
Mumbai puts on mask to
show Modi his 'real face'
Express News Service (January 13, 2003)
In the love of common
people
Mohammed Wajihuddin
Mumbai, January 7
Amnesty wants action
against Ashok Singhal
Times
News Network, October 18, 2002
Rights Activists Decry
Hate Campaign
against Indian Writer
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