From Babri Masjid to Gyanvyapi mosque: Why liberals fail to learn any lesson
2 years, 10 months ago

From Babri Masjid to Gyanvyapi mosque: Why liberals fail to learn any lesson

Firstpost  

Liberals in India need to understand that denial does not obliterate fault lines; it only deepens them With a ‘Shivlinga’ at the Gyanvyapi mosque in Varanasi and the Eidgah at the Krishna Janmabhoomi site being talked about, many commentators have weighed in on how Kashi and Mathura seem set to follow the path of Ayodhya, where the Babri Masjid not just stayed in news for long but also changed the course of Indian politics. The skewed vision of the Indian liberal also makes her side with conservative sections of Muslim society — something that makes reform or even rational engagement between the two communities impossible. Medieval India — or the ‘Muslim period’ — was seen as a period of history when Muslim kings committed atrocities on their Hindu subjects. ‘Secular’ politics also tended to instinctively side with conservative Muslim voices, thus effectively stifling any chances of a secular Muslim leadership in India.

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The tactically silent Indian Muslim voter
10 months, 3 weeks ago

The tactically silent Indian Muslim voter

Hindustan Times  

Uttar Pradesh has just finished its first phase of Lok Sabha elections and several recent reports have shown that Muslims have observed a “tactical silence” in this election. First, we must reject historical essentialisation — a view of the community that assumes a special historical continuity between the Muslim monarchs of India and Muslims in India today. This view of …

Recycling myths: an excerpt from Ziya Us Salam’s Being Muslim in Hindu India
1 year, 4 months ago

Recycling myths: an excerpt from Ziya Us Salam’s Being Muslim in Hindu India

The Hindu  

Those who believe in the Hindutva agenda cannot find a distinction between the diverse Muslim Indian leaders of the past. For instance, Raja Jai Singh led Aurangzeb’s armies against Shivaji, just as Raja Man Singh had led the Mughal forces against Rana Pratap in the time of Akbar. It is under this light that persuasive attempts have been made to …

How India and Muslim world joined hands to protest Western prejudice against oriental religious sensitivities
1 year, 7 months ago

How India and Muslim world joined hands to protest Western prejudice against oriental religious sensitivities

Firstpost  

When, in the wake of a string of incidents of desecration of the Quran in Sweden and Denmark, Pakistan brought in a resolution at the UNHRC condemning the “alarming rise in… public acts of religious hatred”, India threw its considerable diplomatic weight behind it, facilitating its adoption Amid the increasingly fraught Hindu-Muslim relations, illustrated by the latest communal flare-up in …

'Islam Holds Unique Position': What NSA Doval Said on Indian Muslims, Terrorism
1 year, 8 months ago

'Islam Holds Unique Position': What NSA Doval Said on Indian Muslims, Terrorism

The Quint  

“Terrorism is not linked to any religion, it is the individuals that get misguided and it is probably the duty of spiritual and religious leaders to see that they can belong to any religion, faith, belief system or political ideology, but anyone who takes the path of violence will have to be countered as effectively." "Amongst its numerous religious groups, …

The main chapter of how Hindutva sees the past
1 year, 8 months ago

The main chapter of how Hindutva sees the past

The Hindu  

The revived contestations over history — from the Gyanvapi mosque case to the renewed demonisation of Aurangzeb — confirm that Hindutva conflates its ideas of religion and culture with those of nation and state. For the Hindutvavadis, India’s national culture is Hindu religious culture, and cultural nationalism cloaks plural India in a mantle of Hindu identity. But one cannot underestimate …

Insistence on 'Hinduphobia' as a reality will divert attention from real purveyors of anti-Hindu propaganda
1 year, 10 months ago

Insistence on 'Hinduphobia' as a reality will divert attention from real purveyors of anti-Hindu propaganda

Firstpost  

My article questioning the notion of Hinduphobia appears to have unsettled an established consensus that it definitely exists as a phenomenon. Besides, the constant accusations of Islamophobia, which recognition of Hinduphobia will avowedly legitimate, are ultimately directed against India, not Hindus in general everywhere. US Congresswoman, Ilhan Omar’s attempt to create a legal obligation on the US State Department to …

On a knife’s edge: Liberal Muslims left with little elbow room to raise genuine concerns within community
2 years ago

On a knife’s edge: Liberal Muslims left with little elbow room to raise genuine concerns within community

The Hindu  

Published : Feb 23, 2023 10:50 IST Let us begin by defining who is actually a liberal, irrespective of faith. A liberal Muslim is sandwiched between two groups of extremists, one from her own community and the other, and more visibly vocal one today, the hydra-headed Hindutva’s foot soldiers and ideologues. The Muslim liberal today is faced with the highly …

The role of liberal Muslims in India today
2 years ago

The role of liberal Muslims in India today

The Hindu  

Published : Feb 23, 2023 10:50 IST Any discussion on the predicament of liberal Muslims in contemporary India will remain meaningless if the term “liberal Muslims” is not adequately analysed. Second, liberal Muslims’ adherence to secularism and liberal values empowers them to speak on behalf of all “concerned citizens” irrespective of their class, region or religion. The “liberalism” of liberal …

EDITOR’S NOTE | The Indian Muslim
2 years ago

EDITOR’S NOTE | The Indian Muslim

The Hindu  

Published : Feb 23, 2023 10:50 IST I was listening to “Madhuban mein Radhika naache re, Giridhar ki muraliyan baaje re” while driving to work, and I thought of how this playful song about Radha and Krishna’s leela was sung by Mohammed Rafi, written by Shakeel Badayuni, set to tune by Naushad, and picturised on Yusuf Khan and Mahjabeen Bano. …

Why Hindu Faith is the Reason for India’s Success - News18
2 years, 1 month ago

Why Hindu Faith is the Reason for India’s Success - News18

News 18  

As we near the general elections of 2024, politically motivated propaganda by the Opposition parties against the Bharatiya Janata Party is on the rise, only to spread fear, insecurity, unrest and anxiety in the minds of the non-Hindu electorate. The Muslim community, the easiest to be swayed by rumours of the rising Hindu sentiments in a BJP-led country that will …

OPINION | Bhagwat’s remarks about Muslims, should be seen in the right context
2 years, 2 months ago

OPINION | Bhagwat’s remarks about Muslims, should be seen in the right context

India TV News  

Mohan Bhagwat 'Muslim' remarks : Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Dr Mohan Bhagwat has created a controversy by making a statement that ‘Muslims have nothing to fear in India, but they must abandon their claim of supremacy.’ In a recent interview with RSS organs ‘Organiser’ and ‘Panchajanya’, Bhagwat said, “the simple truth is this- Hindustan should remain Hindustan. He is directly …

Dilemma of Muslim community: How minority politics in India has prioritised 'identity' over issues of actual concern
2 years, 2 months ago

Dilemma of Muslim community: How minority politics in India has prioritised 'identity' over issues of actual concern

Firstpost  

This year has been dubbed the year of electoral “semi-finals” with as many as nine states set to go to the polls over the next few months ahead of the 2024 general elections, the so-called “finals”. The enthusiastic Muslim embrace of Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra is a classic case of clutching at straws to feel “included” swayed by carefully …

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | India’s culture wars: A clash of ignorant armies
2 years, 2 months ago

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | India’s culture wars: A clash of ignorant armies

Deccan Chronicle  

The term “culture wars” is a common phrase in the American political discourse. There is then no worthy clash of ideas between the Hindu liberals and the Hindu right-wingers, and it dissolves into the proverbial heat and dust sans light. So, the two Hindu groups fighting with each other over Hindu identity – the liberals believe that Hindu culture is …

From beheading over Prophet remarks to ‘Kaali’ FIRs, religious hypersensitivity is the latest threat to India
2 years, 8 months ago

From beheading over Prophet remarks to ‘Kaali’ FIRs, religious hypersensitivity is the latest threat to India

Firstpost  

With the documentary Kaali evoking sharp reactions and police complaints close on the heels of death threats to suspended BJP leader Nupur Sharma, India faces the challenge of striking out a balance between freedom of expression and religious sensibilities. And an increasing section among Hindus now believe that while Hinduism was attacked for decades in the name of both academic …

‘Hindu radicalisation the lethal challenge’
2 years, 8 months ago

‘Hindu radicalisation the lethal challenge’

The Hindu  

Published : Jun 26, 2022 18:00 IST PROF. Irfan Ahmad is a political anthropologist with a broad range of theoretical and ethnographic interests in research, teaching, writing, and speaking. In this email interview, he speaks of Muslim backwardness, radicalisation, and similar shibboleths in vogue today and why he believes “the Hindu question” must be addressed before “the Muslim question” can …

Nupur Sharma Row: Why is There a Concerted Effort to (Mis)Label India as Islamophobic?
2 years, 9 months ago

Nupur Sharma Row: Why is There a Concerted Effort to (Mis)Label India as Islamophobic?

News 18  

In the last one week, India has been thrown into a furore over the remarks of ex-BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma and Naveen Jindal on Prophet Mohammad, spoken in defense of Hindu Gods in a TV news debate. Islamist outfits like Al Qaeda, which were behind the Charlie Hebdo shooting, have further threatened India, and brazenly sought to create an atmosphere …

India’s Hindu nationalists use a long-dead Muslim emperor as a rallying cry
2 years, 9 months ago

India’s Hindu nationalists use a long-dead Muslim emperor as a rallying cry

LA Times  

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi rose from his chair and walked briskly toward the podium to deliver another nighttime address to the nation. “For today’s Hindu nationalists, Aurangzeb is a dog whistle for hating all Indian Muslims,” said Audrey Truschke, historian and author of the book “Aurangzeb: The Man and the Myth.” Hating and disparaging Muslim rulers, particularly the Mughals, …

Mohan Guruswamy | How Hindus and Muslims misunderstood secularism
2 years, 10 months ago

Mohan Guruswamy | How Hindus and Muslims misunderstood secularism

Deccan Chronicle  

Pakistan, the so-called “land of the pure”, was carved out of India as a homeland for Muslims, a fact that was doubly ensured by the “cleansing” out of most of the non-Muslims who were living within it. Even those Hindu nationalists who for long took a simplistic view of the 1947 Partition as India for Hindus and Pakistan for Muslims …

Hindus must uphold unequal secularism via continued concessions while Muslims get the licence to use violence as leverage
2 years, 10 months ago

Hindus must uphold unequal secularism via continued concessions while Muslims get the licence to use violence as leverage

Firstpost  

Regardless of their actions, Muslims have a monopoly on victimhood while Hindus are the perpetual perpetrators because their very existence is provocative The anti-encroachment drive by the BJP-led civic body in Delhi on “illegal structures” on Wednesday has triggered apoplectic rage in liberal circles. Since Mehta enjoys papal authority over India’s ‘public intellectuals’, let’s examine his assertion of Hindus’ “raw …

Nehruvian Secularism Condemns Muslims Not as Equals but as Permanent Minority to Hindus: Kerala Governor
3 years ago

Nehruvian Secularism Condemns Muslims Not as Equals but as Permanent Minority to Hindus: Kerala Governor

News 18  

As the Karnataka high court is set to deliver its verdict on whether women students should be allowed to enter educational institutions in a hijab, Kerala governor Arif Mohammad Khan said he believed that the controversy is a “conspiracy”. The most fundamental folly of Nehruvian secularism is that it condemns Muslims not as equals but as a permanent minority to …

Nehruvian secularism places Muslims not as equals but as a permanent minority to Hindus: Arif Mohammad Khan
3 years ago

Nehruvian secularism places Muslims not as equals but as a permanent minority to Hindus: Arif Mohammad Khan

Firstpost  

The Kerala Governor says that the kind of secularism pursued in India creates distrust among Hindus and Muslims, placing one against another as competitors for national resources Since the early 1980s, Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan has been consistently fighting against the fundamentalist forces of the country, whether it was in the Shah Bano case during Rajiv Gandhi’s regime or …

Why It is Wrong to Equate Legitimate Hindu Concerns With a Political Party’s Agenda
3 years, 1 month ago

Why It is Wrong to Equate Legitimate Hindu Concerns With a Political Party’s Agenda

News 18  

Last week, I was on a TV news debate on the ongoing Hijab row in Karnataka. The dismissive attitude of this Nehruvian Marxist ecosystem and its false Eurocentric characterisation of Hindu concerns as “majoritarianism” or “Hindu Nationalism” are attributable to the existence of a colonialised mindset. It is a fact that at least in seven states, Hindus are in the …

Hindu nationalism is a threat to Muslims and India’s status as the world’s largest democracy
3 years, 1 month ago

Hindu nationalism is a threat to Muslims and India’s status as the world’s largest democracy

LA Times  

Activists with the right-wing Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal organizations take part in a rally in Kolkata, India. It makes you feel helpless.” Fueled by Hindu nationalism, encouraged by authorities and carried out with impunity, oppression of Muslims has become so pervasive in India that experts said it is undermining the country’s standing as the world’s largest democracy and …

Hindutva’s caste masterstroke
3 years, 2 months ago

Hindutva’s caste masterstroke

The Hindu  

January 01, 2022 04:46 pm | Updated 04:46 pm IST Ever since erstwhile champions of secular values have begun differentiating between Hindu and Hindutvawadi, a whole lot of intellectuals are bristling. This new vocabulary of religion enabled Britain to justify its rule of India, and ‘save’ Hindus from Muslim rulers, and ‘lower’ caste Hindus from the ‘upper’ caste elite. However, …

‘One in 7 Muslim Youth Face Discrimination’: Today’s India, in Numbers
3 years, 2 months ago

‘One in 7 Muslim Youth Face Discrimination’: Today’s India, in Numbers

The Quint  

But more specific questions that do not allow for broad hand-waving about tolerant beliefs uncover deep religious illiberalism and, indeed, outright hostility. A majority of Hindus in India see themselves as very different from their Muslim compatriots, and most Muslims feel the same way, saying they are very different from Hindus. Forty per cent of Hindus in a four-state survey …

Off-centre | Dharma Sansad in Haridwar was a blunder, Hindu Dharma is not hate speech
3 years, 2 months ago

Off-centre | Dharma Sansad in Haridwar was a blunder, Hindu Dharma is not hate speech

Firstpost  

It is time to state unequivocally that Hinduism and hate speech do not mix. In response, he said, “Why wouldn’t I embrace Sanatan Dharma which will accord me a decent cremation with full honour and all the proper rites?” I had argued that if we are a truly free society, Tyagi must have the right to express his views but, …

Striking fear: The Hindu Editorial on Haridwar hate speech and legal action
3 years, 2 months ago

Striking fear: The Hindu Editorial on Haridwar hate speech and legal action

The Hindu  

A conclave of Hindu religious leaders and political activists in saffron robes held recently in the holy city of Haridwar has brought great shame to the country and its constitutional and religious values. In a so-called Dharam Sansad, or a religious parliament, key personages with a track record of inflammatory and provocative speeches made unconscionable calls for genocide against Muslims …

Rahul’s ‘Rule of Hindus’ Comment: Why Cong Needs Its Own Vocabulary
3 years, 3 months ago

Rahul’s ‘Rule of Hindus’ Comment: Why Cong Needs Its Own Vocabulary

The Quint  

Last week, in a bid to target the Bharatiya Janata Party and its many Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh affiliates, Congress scion Rahul Gandhi erred grievously. At a well-attended rally in Jaipur on 12 December, he said, “This is a country of Hindus, not Hindutvawadis … Hindutvawadis have to be ousted, and the rule of Hindus brought about in the country." In …

Christophe Jaffrelot: ‘At stake is survival of Indo-Islamic civilisation’
3 years, 3 months ago

Christophe Jaffrelot: ‘At stake is survival of Indo-Islamic civilisation’

The Hindu  

French political scientist Christophe Jaffrelot, one of the most steadfast voices against the rise of Hindutva, has never shied away from pointing out the fissures in Indian society. When he edited Muslims in Indian Cities a few years ago, many were surprised by the depth of his knowledge of the Indian Muslim community and also his ability to link seemingly …

Dear Liberals, if Hindus are so terrible, we hope you deal with pious Muslims soon. Here is how that encounter might go
3 years, 4 months ago

Dear Liberals, if Hindus are so terrible, we hope you deal with pious Muslims soon. Here is how that encounter might go

Op India  

For years, the liberal hatred of everything Hindu was a subtle phenomenon. Now, lets see what the liberals will have to grapple with if they come to deal with pious Muslims:- Rampant beheadings, murders and religious conversions For instance, after Hindus objected to the use of the term “Jashn-e-Riwaz” to describe the festival of Diwali by FabIndia, they were subjected …

Dr BR Ambedkar's views on Islam: Read what the 'Liberals' would never want you to know
3 years, 5 months ago

Dr BR Ambedkar's views on Islam: Read what the 'Liberals' would never want you to know

Op India  

14 October 2021 marks the 65th anniversary of the day when the chief architect of India’s Constitution Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar undertook one of the biggest decisions of his life-giving up Hinduism and embracing Buddhism. It is a travesty of history then that BR Ambedkar, whose mortifying critiques of the caste system is routinely cited by ‘liberals’ to scorn and deride …

'Dismantling Global Hindutva' event an academic assault on Hinduism
3 years, 6 months ago

'Dismantling Global Hindutva' event an academic assault on Hinduism

Firstpost  

Hinduism has long been under the assault by western academia since the dawn of the colonial era of European supremacism Firstpost is convinced that Dismantling Global Hindutva, a three-day online conference planned by anonymous organisers in the US, is a partisan and politically-motivated event designed to malign an ancient religion and its adherents. However, the spread of India’s dharmic traditions …

Muslims have nothing to fear in India, share same ancestry as Hindus, says Mohan Bhagwat
3 years, 6 months ago

Muslims have nothing to fear in India, share same ancestry as Hindus, says Mohan Bhagwat

Firstpost  

Indian culture accommodates diverse opinions and respects other faiths, Bhagwat said while speaking at an event in Mumbai Mumbai: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat on Monday said Hindus and Muslims share the same ancestry and every Indian citizen is a “Hindu”. Speaking at an event in Mumbai organised by Pune-based Global Strategic Policy Foundation, he said “sane” Muslim leaders …

Dismantling Global Hindutva: A thinly veiled attempt to dismantle Hinduism
3 years, 6 months ago

Dismantling Global Hindutva: A thinly veiled attempt to dismantle Hinduism

Firstpost  

This conference seems to be a calculated attempt to spread fear-mongering about Hinduism more than anything else Firstpost is convinced that Dismantling Global Hindutva, a three-day online conference planned by anonymous organisers in the US, is a partisan and politically-motivated event designed to malign an ancient religion and its adherents. When we first learned of the Dismantling Global Hindutva conference, …

Opinion | Why ‘Dismantling Global Hindutva’ is a xenophobic event with lies at its core
3 years, 6 months ago

Opinion | Why ‘Dismantling Global Hindutva’ is a xenophobic event with lies at its core

Firstpost  

The Taliban have again taken over Afghanistan, gloss-coating its old ways with promises and press conferences. Just as the spotlight falls on the unchanging aspects of radical Islam, its principal votaries and known Hinduphobes have come out to deflect attention Firstpost is convinced that Dismantling Global Hindutva, a three-day online conference planned by anonymous organisers in the US, is a …

Stand up for Muslims, stand up against racism and hate crimes
3 years, 11 months ago

Stand up for Muslims, stand up against racism and hate crimes

Op India  

Now that we have your attention, let’s talk about Hindus and Hinduphobia. It is an undeniable truth that crimes against Hindus are downplayed by global media and even Indian media time and again. Yati Narsinghanand, the Mahant of the Temple, and other locals allege that there have been repeated instances of sexual harassment of Hindu women and there have been …

Liberal outrage over no Muslims in Bihar’s ruling alliance hides caste realities in Indian Muslim society
4 years, 4 months ago

Liberal outrage over no Muslims in Bihar’s ruling alliance hides caste realities in Indian Muslim society

Op India  

Apparently, for the first time since independence, the ruling alliance in Bihar will have no elected MLAs from the Muslim community. The remaining 85% of Indian Muslims, the “lower” caste or Pasmanda Muslims, never had any share in political power. But, by denying the existence of caste in Indian Muslim society, liberal intellectuals have used the general backwardness of Indian …

4 facts for those using casteism to divide Hindus over Ram Mandir
4 years, 7 months ago

4 facts for those using casteism to divide Hindus over Ram Mandir

Op India  

The Bhumi Pujan ceremony of the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya on August 5, 2020, had been a watershed moment for millions of practising Hindus across the world, turning their long-held dream of having a temple dedicated to Lord Ram in Ayodhya into a reality. Forget being anointed as priests, you have not been included in the temple trust.” According to …

Spanking the Indian Muslim: What's the straw that might break the camel's back?
5 years, 2 months ago

Spanking the Indian Muslim: What's the straw that might break the camel's back?

Firstpost  

What makes the Hindutva project unique in India is its ambition to bring about an ideological churn in an organically diverse country of a billion-plus. He watches as a Hindu fanatic kills a poor Muslim labourer in a sword attack, while his nephew makes a video for national celebratory consumption. Kashmir happens, Ram Temple happens, the Citizenship Amendment Act and …

The last bastions of secular India
5 years, 3 months ago

The last bastions of secular India

The Hindu  

The battle against the Hindu Rashtra has to be fought simultaneously on all fronts — in electoral contests, in legislatures, in the courts, in the media, in social movements — but most of all, in universities. From the siege and lockdown of a disputed Muslim-majority area like Kashmir, from one protracted legal conflict over a single house of worship in …

Cultural Marxism: Liberals oppose the CAB because of Hinduphobia which dictates that Hindus must never be recognized as Victims
5 years, 3 months ago

Cultural Marxism: Liberals oppose the CAB because of Hinduphobia which dictates that Hindus must never be recognized as Victims

Op India  

The Liberal Meltdown over the Citizenship Amendment Bill has been one for the ages. Read: From Nehru-Liaquat Pact to Rohingyas: Here are the most important takeaways from Amit Shah’s reply on CAB Even as Pakistan continues to function as an Islamic state which sponsors terrorism against India, ‘liberals’ chastize India for making efforts to provide citizenship to the religious minorities …

One Important Question
5 years, 6 months ago

One Important Question

ABP News  

A brief background first - Vishwa Hindu Parishad has been in the forefront of organizing the Hindu society and been in the vanguard in protecting the Hindu society. This has gone a long way in the process of eradicating the social evil of untouchability that has plagued the Hindu society since the constant siege of foreign aggressors of many centuries. …

Being Muslim in New India is an inherently existential struggle, subsumed as community is under an emergent Hindu nation
5 years, 9 months ago

Being Muslim in New India is an inherently existential struggle, subsumed as community is under an emergent Hindu nation

Firstpost  

With Narendra Modi’s phenomenal victory in the 2019 elections, theories, everyday conversations, stories and celebrations speak of a significant notion: the “Hinduisation” of society. Be it docile Hindus, who believe Muslims will be safe in a Hindu nation, or ardent Hindutva ideologues, who claim there is no difference between Hinduism and Hindutva, one message is clear — a New India …

Pulwama attack aftermath: Othering, civilising processes and life as an Indian Muslim today
6 years ago

Pulwama attack aftermath: Othering, civilising processes and life as an Indian Muslim today

Firstpost  

In the aftermath of the Pulwama terror attack on 14 February, the thought of avoiding civilisation altogether did cross the mind. At this moment in history when ’national security’ is a card played in electoral politics, modernity’s conditions of civilisation and the civilising processes need to be revisited. The Muslim as the Other in the existing condition of the civilising …

From ‘Liberal’ Atheism to Hindutva: The story of my return to the Hindu fold
6 years, 3 months ago

From ‘Liberal’ Atheism to Hindutva: The story of my return to the Hindu fold

Op India  

We are living in an age of communal polarisation. It is an extremely subjective experience but it’s an observable fact that religion gives people the strength to achieve impossible targets, both great and terrible. After reading through all that, I realized that ‘liberalism’ or ‘liberal’ atheism could not be a counter to them. My journey back to Hinduism revealed to …

Silence of the Muslims: Congress' Hindutva shows death of 'secularism', gives BJP chance to set new inclusive agenda
6 years, 3 months ago

Silence of the Muslims: Congress' Hindutva shows death of 'secularism', gives BJP chance to set new inclusive agenda

Firstpost  

Muslims, who were central to any election debate in India till 2014, suddenly find themselves sidelined as the country is moving away from secularism to Hindutva politics. There’s nothing wrong with the pitch, but the fact that the comments were made at a private, closed-door meeting, where Nath also pleaded with leaders from the community that “you will have to …

Why I Am A Hindu: Shashi Tharoor's sentiments are those of a liberal trying to reclaim the religion from the fringe
7 years, 1 month ago

Why I Am A Hindu: Shashi Tharoor's sentiments are those of a liberal trying to reclaim the religion from the fringe

Firstpost  

Shashi Tharoor’s is a familiar face in the public realm; over the years he has built up a distinct personality for himself, making us anticipate responses from him in his political or intellectual efforts, as in his speeches and books. This naturally leaves one posing a question that Tharoor does not ask: If Hinduism is defined by its very nebulousness …

Hinduism helped India check spread of radical Islam: Chinese media
7 years, 6 months ago

Hinduism helped India check spread of radical Islam: Chinese media

India TV News  

The state-run Chinese media on Wednesday said that Muslims in India largely remained unaffected from radicalization of Muslim groups in other parts of the world because of the strong influence of Hinduism in the country which has gone far beyond a religion to become a lifestyle and social institution. Praising Hinduism for helping India establish lasting cohesion among various communities …

Right and the not-so-Right of lynchings and hatred wrecking India: Political culture defining brand of malice
7 years, 8 months ago

Right and the not-so-Right of lynchings and hatred wrecking India: Political culture defining brand of malice

Firstpost  

Societies are hostile environments. Since the ancestors of Muslims ruled over India for nearly a thousand years, the Hindu youth believes, Hindus must take up arms for a Hindu rashtra. In India, culture is transforming into a Hindu theology, or an Abrahamic Hindutva which legitimises the lynching of Muslims for eating beef. The Muslims who reportedly celebrated Pakistan’s victory in …

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