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‘Nehru and the Spirit Of India’: A timely study of a vision for a secular and tolerant India

The book is centrally focussed on Jawaharlal Nehru’s imagination of India as an inclusive political community.

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Soldiers on leave now govt’s marketing agents, by order of Army HQ!

Last week, media reports said that the Indian Army had passed an order to all its soldiers going on leave – soldiers are authorised 60 days of annual leave – to spend time doing “social service” to enhance “nation-building efforts”. What are they supposed to do? The Army HQ’s list of suggestions: Talk to the local community about Modi government schemes. Sushant Singh writes.

deccanherald.com/opinion/soldi

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Interview: ‘Vivekananda is the ideological nemesis of the Sangh Parivar’: Govind Krishnan V.

Govind Krishnan V.’s recently published Vivekananda: The Philosopher of Freedom is a conscious effort to challenge the Sangh Parivar’s depiction of the monk as an exemplar of right-wing values.

frontline.thehindu.com/intervi

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The Decline Of Nehru, Tagore & The Rise Of Savarkar: How Delhi University Got Itself A New Syllabus

Since 2019, Hindu right-wing organizations—both student and teachers’ groups—have successfully propelled syllabi changes in Delhi University’s (DU) English, history and other social sciences and humanities subjects. Some teachers are battling against these changes, many pushed through by a secretive ‘oversight committee’ and new policies. Article14 examines the syllabi changes, the ideological influences driving them, and the processes by which they are being brought in at DU, all pointing to Hindu right-wing control over the leading university in India’s capital.

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Universities – The BJP-RSS’s Killing Fields

What’s unfolding in Ashoka University reflects the ascendancy of a fascistic state. No country can be self-reliant if its universities are effectively destroyed and reduced to coaching centres.

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Innocent Muslims being murdered in India due to Hindu radicalism

ITV News reveals the impact of the dangerous rise of Hindu radicalism, inspired by - critics tell us - Prime Minister Modi & his party, as John Ray reports.

itv.com/news/2023-08-25/leadin

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Middle East Eye - Exclusive: India intervened to reinstate Hindu nationalist at interfaith conference

India intervened to reinstate Hindu nationalist at interfaith conference

Indian consulate in Chicago attempted to pressure Parliament of World Religions to reconsider their decision to axe Nivedita Bhide.

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BJP’s fight against DMK in Dharmapuri is centred around a ‘Bharat Mata’ idol

According to local BJP leaders, soil from Dharmapuri will be used to construct a statue of ‘Bharat Mata’ — the symbolic Mother India.

thenewsminute.com/article/bjp-

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Scroll.in - Why the Congress is practising ‘soft Hindutva’ in Madhya Pradesh

Why the Congress is practising ‘soft Hindutva’ in Madhya Pradesh

Kamal Nath has argued that India being a Hindu rashtra is not debatable as Hindus are a wide majority of the population.

scroll.in/article/1054338/why-

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The Wire - Siege on Manipur: Hindu Nationalists' War for Ethnic Supremacy

Siege on Manipur: Hindu Nationalists' War for Ethnic Supremacy

Across India, experiments to forge the 'Hindu national community' are predicated on the breakage of minoritised Muslims and Christians, and Adivasis and Dalits. What's happening in Manipur is part of a plan operationalised by the Hindu Right decades ago.

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Meeting Between US Lawmakers, Rahul Gandhi Unlikely; 'Conveyed Requests to MEA' Says Ro Khanna

US Congressperson Ro Khanna said that the delegation's meetings were subject to clearance from the Indian foreign ministry.

thewire.in/diplomacy/meeting-b

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Al Jazeera - Congressman Ro Khanna slammed for meeting Hindutva ideologue on India visit

Congressman Ro Khanna slammed for meeting Hindutva ideologue on India visit

Analysts say Khanna’s meeting shows that he doesn’t want to alienate his Hindu Indian diaspora vote bank in the US.

aljazeera.com/news/2023/8/16/c

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Hindu leader removed from Parliament of World's Religions after far-right links exposed

The Parliament of the World's Religions has quietly removed Hindu religious leader Nivedita Bhide from their list of speakers at this week's conference in Chicago after activists raised concerns over her links to Hindu nationalism.

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New Lines Magazine - How Hindu Nationalists Redefined Decolonization in India

How Hindu Nationalists Redefined Decolonization in India

They rue that in the aftermath of the British Raj, the country continued to be ruled by a tiny Westernized elite.

newlinesmag.com/argument/how-h

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South China Morning Post - India’s hate crimes are being logged, by exiles Modi supporters wants silenced

India’s Hindu-Muslim hate crimes are being tracked, by self-exiles Modi supporters wants silenced

From their bases in North America and Europe, Hindutva Watch’s members say they want to remedy India’s ‘clear vacuum’ of reporting on hate crimes. The multicultural group of social-media sleuths are now being targeted by Modi’s Hindu-nationalist BJP – as they warn India faces its ‘darkest days’.

scmp.com/week-asia/people/arti

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How India's Bulldozers Became a Vehicle of Injustice

In many BJP-governed states, especially in northern India, demolition drives have not only become a common tactic to quash Muslim dissent, but bulldozers have evolved as a Hindu-nationalist symbol. They feature during election victories, in parade floats in both India and abroad, on packets of chips, and in several Hindu nationalist anthems.

time.com/6303571/how-bulldozer

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Hindu nationalist groups to assemble at India Day rally in New Jersey

Muslim Americans outraged over decision to allow Hindu nationalist groups to openly parade one year after bulldozer debacle.

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Reporting on Hindu Nationalism: A Guide

This Reporting Guide provides extensive background on Hindu nationalism, what it is, where it comes from, what advocacy organizations and human rights groups are saying about it and what the future might hold for Hindutva.

religionlink.com/reporting-on/

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As SC Questions ‘Special Treatment’ for J&K, a Look at Article 370’s Historicity

Understanding events in the 1950s is important to make sense of what actually transpired during the SC proceedings. Shakir Mir writes.

thequint.com/opinion/as-sc-que

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The New York Times - Under Hindu Nationalist Leaders, Sectarian Violence Flares in India

Under Hindu Nationalist Leaders, Sectarian Violence Flares in India

A gunman who killed Muslim train passengers and a Hindu march that turned riotous underscore how the partisan stances of India’s top Hindu leaders have given license to chaotic elements in the country.

nytimes.com/2023/08/01/world/a

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