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Shikha Mukerjee | Digs and gigs: Ajmer Sharif & archaeology of Hindutva
3 weeks ago

Shikha Mukerjee | Digs and gigs: Ajmer Sharif & archaeology of Hindutva

Deccan Chronicle  

It is a snowball gathering speed. On a mission to hoist India to the “pinnacle of glory” by reorganising history, chronically litigious Hindu outfits like the International Hari Har Sena Sri Ram Sena, Hindu Sena and a bevy of lawyers and fervent petitioners have filed a slew of cases, in war mode in district courts across North India. Chandrachud, the …

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Why a Kolkata hospital has refused to treat Bangladeshi patients
3 weeks, 3 days ago

Why a Kolkata hospital has refused to treat Bangladeshi patients

Firstpost  

J N Roy Hospital in Kolkata’s Maniktala announced on Friday that it will not treat any patients from Bangladesh. The decision comes after the arrest of Hindu priest Chinmoy Das Prabhu in Dhaka, reports of suspected anti-Hindu violence in Bangladesh and insults to the Indian flag by Bangladeshi citizens Hindu activists try to break a police barricade as they participate …

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How West is playing Khalistan card to mar India's rise
1 month, 2 weeks ago

How West is playing Khalistan card to mar India's rise

Firstpost  

A narrative that paints India as unstable and conflict-ridden aligns with the West’s interest in dampening investor confidence, effectively slowing Delhi’s economic rise and discounting its role in shaping the international system A supporter waves a Khalistan flag during a protest outside India's consulate after Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau raised the prospect of New Delhi's involvement in the murder …

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‘Kamala Harris is Hindu by name, not by action’: US leader's big charge
1 month, 2 weeks ago

‘Kamala Harris is Hindu by name, not by action’: US leader's big charge

Hindustan Times  

US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris, and her policies “oppose Indian interests” despite her Hindu background and Indian heritage, alleged US industrialist and founder of the Republican Hindu Coalition Shalabh Kumar. Vice President Kamala Harris delivered a concession speech after the 2024 presidential election at Howard University In an interview with ANI, Kumar said that Harris supports …

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IHP exploits 'mental health' concerns to target Hindus of India, BJP, and Modi in a Hinduphobic word-salad
7 months ago

IHP exploits 'mental health' concerns to target Hindus of India, BJP, and Modi in a Hinduphobic word-salad

Op India  

Amid the Lok Sabha elections, the left-liberal propagandist media outlets have played every trick at their hand to defame and vilify Hindus, Hindutva, the BJP-RSS and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. IHP cites a George Soros-funded V-Dem Institute report to assert that Indian democracy is weakening under the Modi government and contributing to a ‘dire mental health’ situation To make a …

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The Hindu on Books newsletter | Alice Munro’s stories, ‘Kairos’ and the Booker shortlist, election reading and more
7 months ago

The Hindu on Books newsletter | Alice Munro’s stories, ‘Kairos’ and the Booker shortlist, election reading and more

The Hindu  

Welcome to this edition of The Hindu on Books Newsletter. Books of the week Jenny Erpenbeck’s Kairos, translated from the German by Michael Hofmann, and shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2024, is a remarkable blend of “love and politics”, played out in the backdrop of a tangible barrier – the Berlin Wall. Some of the books she mentions are …

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‘It has no Hindu members’: Diaspora body slams USCIRF for ‘biased’ reports on India
7 months ago

‘It has no Hindu members’: Diaspora body slams USCIRF for ‘biased’ reports on India

Hindustan Times  

The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom has been producing “biased” reports on India and Hindus as the religion has no representation in the commission, according to FIIDS, an Indian diaspora body in the United States of America. That is not represented on the commission, and this is going to be a big miss in terms of bringing the …

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EAC report showing dip in share of Hindu population poses serious questions, says Rajeev Chandrasekhar; Amit Malviya blames Congress
7 months, 2 weeks ago

EAC report showing dip in share of Hindu population poses serious questions, says Rajeev Chandrasekhar; Amit Malviya blames Congress

The Hindu  

The recent report of the Economic Advisory Council to the PM said that in India, the share of the majority Hindu population decreased by 7.82% between 1950 and 2015, while the share of the Muslim population, which in 1950 was 9.84%, increased to 14.09% in 2015 — a 43.15% increase in their share. ”Given this large increasing population of one …

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India’s prime minister accused of using hate speech after calling Muslims ‘infiltrators’
8 months ago

India’s prime minister accused of using hate speech after calling Muslims ‘infiltrators’

LA Times  

India’s main opposition party accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of using hate speech after he called Muslims “infiltrators” — some of his most incendiary rhetoric about the minority faith — days after the country began its weeks-long general election. “They will distribute it among infiltrators,” he continued, saying, “Do you think your hard-earned money should be given to infiltrators?” Mallikarjun …

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The Hindu Morning Digest - April 18, 2024
8 months ago

The Hindu Morning Digest - April 18, 2024

The Hindu  

Campaigning ends for 102 seats in first phase of Lok Sabha polls Political parties held their last rallies in 102 Lok Sabha constituencies on April 17 as campaigning came to an end for the first phase of the general election. Election Commission halts proposed visit of West Bengal Governor to Cooch Behar Acting tough, the Election Commission of India on …

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BAPS Hindu temple inaugurated by PM Modi in Abu Dhabi visited by over 3.5 lakh devotees in 1st month
8 months, 3 weeks ago

BAPS Hindu temple inaugurated by PM Modi in Abu Dhabi visited by over 3.5 lakh devotees in 1st month

India TV News  

Abu Dhabi: More than 3.5 lakh devotees visited the first stone Hindu temple in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on February, according to temple authorities. Seven spires representing seven emirates of the UAE, carvings of camels, and national bird falcon, are part of the architecture of the first Hindu stone temple in Abu …

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The Guardian hounds Kajal Hindustani for an interview, ropes in propagandists masquerading as 'journalists'
8 months, 4 weeks ago

The Guardian hounds Kajal Hindustani for an interview, ropes in propagandists masquerading as 'journalists'

Op India  

Ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, leftist propaganda newspaper The Guardian had been hounding Hindu rights activist, Kajal Hindustani, for an interview. Interestingly, the three ‘journalists’ chosen by the leftist British newspaper to interview Kajal Hindustani were Hannah Ellis-Petersen, Ahmer Khan, and Kyri Evangelou – all of whom have a history of downplaying love jihad and falsely associating alleged …

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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi opens stone-built Hindu temple in UAE ahead of India’s elections
10 months, 1 week ago

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi opens stone-built Hindu temple in UAE ahead of India’s elections

Associated Press  

ABU MUREIKHA, United Arab Emirates — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the Middle East’s first traditional stone-built Hindu temple on Wednesday, internationalizing both his reelection campaign and his effort to push secular India into a Hindu state. The trip to the BAPS Hindu Mandir just north of the city of Abu Dhabi capped Modi’s whistlestop tour of the United …

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The Hindu Morning Digest, February 10, 2024
10 months, 2 weeks ago

The Hindu Morning Digest, February 10, 2024

The Hindu  

Bihar BJP MLAs shifted to Bodh Gaya ahead of floor test With political tensions rising in Bihar ahead of the ruling coalition’s floor test in the Assembly on February 12, the BJP, following in the footsteps of the Congress, has shifted its MLAs to Bodh Gaya, 120 km south of Patna. Pakistan elections 2024 | Jailed ex-PM Imran Khan claims …

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Congress Commits Political Hara-kiri, Disowns Ram Again
11 months, 1 week ago

Congress Commits Political Hara-kiri, Disowns Ram Again

News 18  

The Congress leadership will boycott the Ram Mandir’s ‘Pran Pratishtha’ ceremony in Ayodhya on January 22. If Anand Ranganathan’s book Hindus in Hindu Rashtra is to be believed, “Governments of just 10 states control more than 1,10,000 temples.” Of these, the DMK-led Tamil Nadu government, of which the Congress is an alliance partner in the state, alone controls 36,425 temples …

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The Hindu on Books | The NIF Prize shortlist, being Muslim in Hindu India, talking to Tashan Mehta and more
1 year, 1 month ago

The Hindu on Books | The NIF Prize shortlist, being Muslim in Hindu India, talking to Tashan Mehta and more

The Hindu  

Welcome to this edition of The Hindu on Books Newsletter. In reviews, we read an excerpt from Ziya Us Salam’s Being Muslim in Hindu India, Ramanujan’s Soma poems, an anthology celebrating trailblazers of the LGBTQIA+ movement in India, a guide through events and people who have shaped Indian cricket, and more. In their world of binaries, you are either with …

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Recycling myths: an excerpt from Ziya Us Salam’s Being Muslim in Hindu India
1 year, 1 month 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 …

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Samadharma: Periyar’s idea for India
1 year, 3 months ago

Samadharma: Periyar’s idea for India

The Hindu  

More than a criticism of religion, samadharma is a commitment to equality and to a secularism that can guarantee it. Periyar, who often courted controversy for his iconoclastic acts such as breaking religious idols, burning religious texts, and making provocative speeches about gods, did so to demonstrate his samadharma, which was based on the principle of social equality in its …

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Top news of the day: September 10, 2023
1 year, 3 months ago

Top news of the day: September 10, 2023

The Hindu  

G-20 Summit concludes in New Delhi, Brazil handed over rotational presidency Prime Minister Narendra Modi on September 10 proposed a virtual session of the G-20 in November to take stock of the suggestions and decisions made at the leaders’ summit that concluded on the day. Himachal CM Sukhu asks PM Modi to declare calamity in State as ‘national disaster’ With …

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Modi’s lesson from Israel: Demolish Muslim homes, erase their history
1 year, 3 months ago

Modi’s lesson from Israel: Demolish Muslim homes, erase their history

Al Jazeera  

The Hindu far-right’s actions in Nuh, in India’s Haryana, echo Israel’s policies of trying to delete histories and legacies of the Palestinian people. Much like Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport stands adamantly on the remains of Palestinian communities forced from their homes, a new temple to the Hindu god Ram has been built over the debris of the historic Babri Masjid …

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'India not a Hindu nation, never was': Swami Prasad Maurya slams Mohan Bhagwat
1 year, 3 months ago

'India not a Hindu nation, never was': Swami Prasad Maurya slams Mohan Bhagwat

India Today  

Samajwadi Party leader Swami Prasad Maurya on Saturday slammed Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat's 'Hindu Rashtra' remarks and said India was never a Hindu nation. Taking to his official X handle, Swami Prasad Maurya today said, "India is not a Hindu nation, and it never was. Speaking in Nagpur, at the inauguration ceremony of 'Madhukar Bhavan', Mohan Bhagwat said …

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What A Difference Ten Years Make: India Since 2014 - News18
1 year, 3 months ago

What A Difference Ten Years Make: India Since 2014 - News18

News 18  

I wrote an article ten years ago, titled ‘The great Indian rope trick and other illusions of progress’ about how the average Indian is satisfied with illusion, never mind real progress. The usual woke Lutyens/Khan Market suspects were disappointed they couldn’t chortle about Chandrayaan-3 being yet another expensive failure a poor country could ill afford, echoing Brits upset that their …

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Ro Khanna | Pragmatic progressive
1 year, 4 months ago

Ro Khanna | Pragmatic progressive

The Hindu  

Indian-American Congressman Ro Khanna, 46, led a bipartisan congressional delegation to India last week. In 2019, in the days following India’s dilution of Article 370, Mr. Khanna had tweeted, “It’s the duty of every American politician of Hindu faith to stand for pluralism, reject Hindutva, and speak for equal rights for Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs, Buddhists and Christians. Mr. Khanna has …

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Top board: The Hindu Editorial on Indian chess, D. Gukesh’s feat and the young crop
1 year, 4 months ago

Top board: The Hindu Editorial on Indian chess, D. Gukesh’s feat and the young crop

The Hindu  

A year after causing a major stir at the Chess Olympiad, D. Gukesh is demanding attention yet again. The 17-year-old on Thursday, during the on-going Chess World Cup at the Azerbaijan capital of Baku, replaced Viswanathan Anand as India’s No. That will be a significant achievement no doubt, and will boost Gukesh’s confidence further, but what is more important is …

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