tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50080422026-03-02T13:34:49.680+01:00Resources for all concerned with culture of authoritarianism in society, banalisation of communalism, (also chauvinism, parochialism and identity politics) rise of the far right in India (and with occasional information on other countries of South Asia and beyond)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger13331125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5008042.post-57619930592159185812025-07-05T12:12:00.001+02:002025-07-05T12:25:00.678+02:00

 Every. Single. Word.𝗜 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹 𝗻𝗼 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝘆 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗺𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦-𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘶𝘯 𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘥. 𝘈𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 “𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪-

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 Clash Erupts In Nagpur Amid Aurangzeb Tomb Row, D Fadnavis Appeals For Calm

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 Weaponizing the Holi festival for communal polarisation  Irfan Engineer According to advice of the Dy. Superintendent of Police in Sambhal – Anuj Kumar Chaudhary – that Muslims should stay indoors if they felt uncomfortable with Holi colours being sprinkled on them – as the festival comes only once a year, whereas Jumma namaz takes place 52 times in a year – it appears that the

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open threats from Suvendu Adhikari the top BJP leader from Bengal ... https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/will-throw-muslim-mlas-out-of-assembly-after-bjp-wins-bengal-suvendu/articleshow/118907832.cms

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To whom does this land belong? Ram Puniyani Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Stalin; based on new research about the pre-modern history, stated that the archeologists have concluded that the Iron Age first began in Tamil Nadu. Melting iron was introduced in Tamil Nadu 5300 years ago. Precise dating indicates iron was first introduced in the region in 3345 BC. Stalin emphasized this finding to be

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When did India Get Independence? Ram Puniyani Kangana Ranaut, the actor and MP was the first who spelt her understanding about India’s Independence when she stated that India became Independent in 2014; when Modi came to power. It was the first time that BJP got majority on its own strength. The hint was India was a slave country earlier; slave of ‘foreign rulers’ or was ruled by Governments

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Is Narayan Guru Part of Sanatan Dharma? Ram Puniyani Recently (31st December 2024) while inaugurating the Conference as a part of Sivagiri pilgrimage, Pinarayi Vijayan supported the proposal of Swami Satchitanand’s to stop the practice of removing shirts, to keep the torso bare while entering temples. It is believed that this practice came into being to identify those wearing sacred thread,

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Hate transcending the boundaries: Whither dictates by Supreme Leaders Ram Puniyani After RSS was formed it went on creating many organizations steeped in its ideology of Hindutva or Hindu Nationalism, a concept based on Aryan race, Brahminical values and the land from Sindhu to Seas. It has given birth to many organizations which are more than 100. Many other organizations have sprouted

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75 Years Down the line, whither Indian Constitution? Ram Puniyani The Indian Parliament spent two days discussing the Indian Constitution. While the opposition leaders argued that our Constitution has a large space for enhancement of the rights of weaker sections of society, for religious minorities among others, they are suffering terribly. Muslims have been reduced to second class

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Worsening Spiral of Hate speech: Demonization of Religious Minorities Ram Puniyani RSS-BJP and its affiliates take every opportunity to deepen the demonization of religious minorities. Though there are legal provisions for punishing these Hate speeches mostly they go unpunished. Last decade as the communal party is in power the phenomenon has seen a dangerous downslide, which is leading to

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Was ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ Subversive? Ram Puniyani As assembly elections in Maharashtra are progressing; the mindset of BJP was expressed in a clear way by the Maharashtra Deputy CM, previous CM and a top BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis. In an interview to TOI, and in several speeches, he blames the downward performance of BJP in 2024 Elections to the Bharat Jodo Yatra. As per him the BJP

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Abusing Hindu Festivals to spark Violence and Hate Ram Puniyani Communal violence has been the bane of Indian society with increasing intensity. While in pre colonial era it was an occasional ethnic strife, from the period of British rule, it started to become a regularly occurring phenomenon. The communal historiography, looking at history through the prism of religion of the ruler,

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Promoting Love or instilling Hate and Fear Ram Puniyani India’s anti colonial struggle was accompanied by various diverse social phenomenons. One major of this was the ‘Hindu-Muslim’ Unity, and the emergence of the overall identity of Indians amongst people of all religions. The national, anti-colonial stream promoted this and the best embodiment of this was Mahatma Gandhi, who took three

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Restating the Agenda of Hindu Rashtra: RSS Chief sets the tone for BJP politics Ram Puniyani This 12th October 2024, the Vijayadashmi (Dussara), which is regarded as the foundation day of RSS, as is the practice of RSS Chief (Sarsanghchalak), Dr. Mohan Bhagwat gave a speech. This came in the background of his other significant speech in the aftermath of the slide down of BJP in 2024 General

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Cow as Rajyamata: Savarkar as non-Vegetarian Ram Puniyani Cow has been playing an important emotive issue in Indian politics for the last three decades or so. Cow is propagated as a Holy animal. She has the status of mother for many and Hindu Nationalist politics has used this to the hilt in polarizing our society. Hindutva ideologue, Savarkar brought to fore the term Hindutva as ‘whole

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Love and Religious Boundaries: Love Jihad Ram Puniyani This 1st Oct a Barially Court gave life imprisonment to a Muslim man in case of a complaint of sexual assault. In the judgment the justice commented that it is a case of love Jihad, which the police have failed to present that way. The girl was a Hindu. During the court proceedings the girl did withdraw the complaint on the ground that

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Rahul Gandhi’s Comments in America: True or Malicious? Ram Puniyani On a recent visit to the United States of America, Rahul Gandhi (RG) had many interactions with the audiences. In one such meeting he asked one of the Sikhs sitting in the audience as to what his name is. He was talking about two poles of politics in India, hinting at the narrow sectarian politics becoming more assertive and

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Secularism: Indian Context? Ram Puniyani Indian freedom struggle was plural and strove towards secular and democratic values. This got reflected in our Constitution in its Preamble, which talks of Liberty, Equality, Fraternity and social justice in most of the articles. Equality here stands for equality as citizens, irrespective of caste, gender and religion. Most of its clauses were based

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Communal clash at Dehradun railway station over interfaith relationship The confrontation escalated with objects being hurled and damage caused to parked trains. Written by Avaneesh Mishra

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 On UP lines, Shimla vendors to display their identityhttps://www.tribuneindia.com/news/himachal/on-up-lines-shimla-vendors-to-display-their-identity/

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Hyderabad: Liberation or Transition from Monarchy to Democracy? Ram Puniyani Princely state of Hyderabad had merged with India on 17th September 1948, through what is called a Police action, actually done by Indian Army. It was called operation Polo and General Chaudhary led the operation. In its memory BJP has started celebrating it as Hyderabad Liberation Day; while the Congress led

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Combating Islamophobia: A task overdue Ram Puniyani In July 2024 England witnessed riots and unrest in several cities. They were precipitated mainly due to misinformation and anti immigration sentiments among the people. In these riots Muslims were the main target. There was attack on mosques and also places where immigrants were living. In the aftermath of this, ‘All Party Parliamentary Group’

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Caste Imbroglio: Changing Narrative of Hindu Right Ram Puniyani One of the major issues during the last General Elections (April-May 2024) was about conducting a caste census. The INDIA Alliance put it forward very strongly, while BJP is opposing it. This opposition is very clear-cut and unambiguous. The issue of caste has been the core issue in strengthening of Hindu right wing

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