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"[Trump] relied on his skills as a rabble rouser by saying outrageous things on social media to control the news cycle. Modi’s methods of control are far more structural. In India, most of the national media works under a powerful set of informal restrictions instituted by Modi’s . As a result, the ruling party is not only the source of many news cycles, it also controls their distribution"

Gaming the news cycle, the secret weapon of Modi's BJP

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The Wire - Sanatan Dharma: An Ideology or the Entire Hindu Community?

Sanatan Dharma: An Ideology or the Entire Hindu Community?

Even V.D. Savarkar, the most influential ideologue of Hindutva, hardly conflated ‘sanatan dharma’ with the entire Hindu community, unlike the BJP's position on the current controversy over the term.

thewire.in/history/sanatan-dha

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Homes Demolished, the Right to Fish Denied: The Lives of Gujarat’s Muslim Fishermen

Since October 2022, the region's coastal belt has experienced several targeted demolition drives. Today, thousands of Muslim fishermen are suffering the consequences, with communal tensions escalating around coastal Gujarat.

thewire.in/rights/homes-demoli

#gujarat #betdwarka #dwarka #muslims #demolitions #Bulldozers #displacement #hindutva #purneshmodi #BJP #india

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The News Minute - Venkatesh Prasad deletes tweet on corruption, abuses journo for sharing screenshot

Venkatesh Prasad deletes tweet on corruption, abuses journo for sharing screenshot

The former Indian cricketer reposted the tweet on corruption a day after it was deleted and clarified that it was a general tweet unrelated to the BCCI.

thenewsminute.com/news/venkate

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Just Security - India’s Digital Governance `Model’ Fails on Rights

India’s Digital Governance `Model’ Fails on Rights

India's digital transformation also means depriving millions of their livelihood, biased surveillance technologies, insecure public databases and unprecedented levels of internet shutdowns. Jayshree Bajoria and Apar Gupta write.

justsecurity.org/88061/indias-

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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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The New Indian Express - Distribution of Bible not allurement for religious conversion, says Allahabad High Court...

Distribution of Bible not allurement for religious conversion, says Allahabad High Court

Granting bail to two accused who were booked for alluring persons for conversion to Christianity, the bench of Justice Shamim Ahmad said an unaffected person could not lodge an FIR under the Act.

newindianexpress.com/nation/20

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The Wire - Data: Rise in Attacks on Christians in India, Up Four Times in 11 Years (2012-2022)

Rise in Attacks on Christians in India, Up Four Times in 11 Years (2012-2022)

There have been 525 attacks against Christians in India just in the first eight months of 2023. This year will likely cross the violent record set in 2022, and in 2021 before that. The data does not include incidents from Manipur.

thewire.in/communalism/data-ri

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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

#indianarmy #indiannavy #IndianAirForce #BJP #narendramodi #propaganda #govtschemes #iaf #hindutva #Nationalism #HinduNationalism #labour #elections2024 #india

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The Secret Life Of Plants🌱 · @Blickwinkel
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Modis Regierung hat auch islamische Ortsnamen entfernt, die während des Mogulreichs vor der britischen Herrschaft eingeführt wurden. Kritiker sagen, dieser Schritt sei sinnbildlich für den Wunsch, die Vormachtstellung der mehrheitlich hinduistischen Religion Indiens zu behaupten.

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tagesschau.de - Streit um Staatsnamen bei G20-Gipfel : Bharat statt Indien?

Streit um Staatsnamen bei G20-Gipfel : statt Indien? |
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A Section of 'INDIA' Wants BSP in But Mallikarjun Kharge Has a Different Plan

The INDIA coalition faces a dilemma on whether to try and bring in Mayawati. There are 3 aspects to it.

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Maktoob media - 'ASI survey not scientific, mosque may fall down', Gyanvapi mosque committee to Varanasi court

‘ASI survey not scientific, mosque may fall down’, Gyanvapi mosque committee to Varanasi court

The Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee, which manages the historic Gyanvapi mosque, has moved an application before the Varanasi district judge claiming that the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) is digging the premises which is against the court’s directions.

maktoobmedia.com/india/asi-sur

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The Hindu - I started using Sanatana Dharma to stop Sangh Parivar groups from twisting my words as an attack on Hindu beliefs: Thirumavalavan

I started using Sanatana Dharma to stop Sangh Parivar groups from twisting my words as an attack on Hindu beliefs: Thirumavalavan

While Sports Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin’s recent comments about “eradicating Sanatana Dharma” have snowballed into a political controversy, it was VCK founder Thol. Thirumavalavan who had enshrined Sanatana Dharma in the lexicon of Tamil Nadu’s political discourse over the past five years.

thehindu.com/news/national/tam

#tamilnadu #tholthirumavalavan #VCK #sanatanadharma #brahminism #udayanidhistalin #DMK #Hinduism #BRAmbedkar #evrperiyar #ambedkar #periyar #RSS #BJP #hindutva #castediscrimination #caste #hinduscriptures #sanatandharmarow #india

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Udhayanidhi Stalin, Priyank Kharge booked for 'hurting religious sentiments' in UP's Rampur

Stalin was booked for his call to eradicate Sanatan Dharma and Kharge for backing his remark.

telegraphindia.com/india/udhay

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Radhakrishnan’s Prescriptive Account of Monolithic Hinduism Misses the Plurality of Faith in India

His monolithic view of Hinduism may serve the agenda of the RSS and its pro-Hindutva adherents but falls far short of the standards of philosophical and historical scholarship.

thewire.in/religion/radhakrish

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G20 invite says ‘President of Bharat’ instead of ‘President of India’

The matter comes to light three days after RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat made an appeal to refer to the country as Bharat.

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The Wire - The BJP May End up Tying Itself in Knots By Attacking Udhayanidhi Stalin

The BJP May End up Tying Itself in Knots By Attacking Udhayanidhi Stalin

The concept of sanatana dharma was given shape by the Hindu orthodoxy in the 19th century as a movement against reformist organisations like the Arya Samaj and Brahmo Samaj, which questioned regressive practices such as sati and child marriage.

thewire.in/politics/bjp-attack

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Dr Kafeel Khan releases Tamil version of his book, says won't remain a mute spectator

“I read a lot in jail. Until then I did not bother to know why Gauri Lankesh was killed, or why there is so much poison based on caste on religion. My whole life I had only studied medical books,” says Dr Kafeel Khan.

thenewsminute.com/article/dr-k

#tamilnadu #Chennai #drkafeelkhan #gorakhpurhospitaltragedy #gorakhpur #healthcare #activism #uttarpradesh #ajaybisht #yogiadityanath #upgovt #hindutva #nsa #Communalism #muslims #BJP #india #books

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Priyank Kharge supports Udhayanidhi, says unequal religion is like a disease

Priyank Kharge was responding to a question on Udhayanidhi’s comment comparing Sanatana Dharma with diseases such as dengue and malaria.

thenewsminute.com/article/priy

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