Babri Masjid demolition: what’s the way forward?
The Babri Masjid demolition is revisited each year by so-called opponents of Hindutva but apart from lamenting the past what’s the way forward?
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Varanasi’s Gyanvapi Mosque placed on Ayodhya template
Varanasi’s Gyanvapi Mosque is now under gloomy clouds as a synchronised campaign has placed it on the Ayodhya template used to demolish the Babri Masjid.
Babri Masjid demolition verdict showed Muslims their place in Modi-fied India
After the Supreme Court’s Ayodhya verdict, a CBI court’s Babri Masjid demolition verdict reaffirmed the position of Muslims in Modi-fied India
Ram Mandir at Ayodhya mainstreamed Hindutva in Indian polity
Ram Mandir construction wasn’t the real goal of the RSS behind its Ayodhya mission. The August 5th events reaffirmed that once again.
Babri Masjid demolition: Lessons we must not forget
Babri Masjid demolition on 6 December 1992 was the single biggest terror attack against Indian secularism by the RSS aided by the Congress party and others.
Supreme Court’s Ayodhya verdict raises uncomfortable questions
The critical analysis of the Supreme Court’s Ayodhya verdict brings up a lot of contradictions within the verdict and the gross denial of justice to Muslims
Ayodhya verdict showed what’s Modi-fied India
The Ayodhya verdict shattered the last vestige of faith in the judiciary that a few Muslims had, and showed them their real situation in Modified India.
Ayodhya verdict lost its significance for the muted Muslim community
The Ayodhya verdict will be pronounced anytime soon, but the Muslim community of India has lost any hope of justice in a Modi-fied system.
Ayodhya verdict: Not land, Muslims are striving for equal rights in secularism
The Supreme Court has reserved its verdict on the Ayodhya dispute. It’s not land that the Muslims are fighting for, but their equal Constitutional rights.
Ram Mandir and Communal Polarisation are RSS’ 2019 Weapons
The RSS, VHP, Bajrang Dal and other Hindutva fascist outfits organised a massive rally in New Delhi on 9 December demanding parliament’s winter session to pass a law and clear the roadblocks in the building of a Ram temple in Ayodhya, at the very spot where the 15th-century Babri Masjid (mosque) once stood. These Hindutva … Read more
Rebuilding the Babri Masjid Only Path to Build Secular India
When a group of Hindutva fascist terrorists razed the 15th-century Babri Masjid on 6 December 1992, it just didn’t become a ‘black day’ for Indian secularism, it also became the day when the Indian ruling classes revealed their grotesque face to the world by tearing off the ‘secular mask they had been wearing since 1947 … Read more
VHP’s Ayodhya Ram Mandir Gamble is Threatening the Constitutional Rule
The mobilisation of a large number of Kar Sevaks by the VHP in Ayodhya over the demand of a Ram Mandir, isn’t merely challenging the authority of the rule of the Constitution, which the RSS and the Hindutva fascist camp have subordinated to the rule of ‘faith’, i.e. the Brahminical hegemony, this rambunctious mob rampage … Read more
What Makes Yogi Adityanath Audacious About Ram Temple in Ayodhya?
Yogi Adityanath divulged his government’s Ayodhya plans during his visit to the town. The plans include two controversial things – one, the construction of a Ram temple at the site of the demolished Babri Masjid, and two, land acquisition for the construction of an airstrip to allow tourists to come to Ayodhya for pilgrimage. Yogi … Read more
South Korean First Lady’s Ayodhya Visit Shows US Endorsement to Hindutva
Kim Jung-sook, the first lady of South Korea (US-occupied Korea) is now visiting Ayodhya for the Diwali celebration at the banks of the Saryu river along with the controversial Hindutva hate monger-turned-chief minister of the state, Yogi Adityanath, where the latter will unveil the tallest statue of Hindu deity Rama to instigate the Ram Temple-Babri … Read more
Mohan Bhagwat’s Speech Manifested BJP’s 2019 Poll Strategy
The Vijayadashami (Dussehra) is the quintessential part of RSS’ history; it was the very day of Vijayadashami in 1925 when this Hindutva fascist organisation was founded by few British spies inspired by the rise of fascism in Italy and Germany. The Vijayadashami speech by the Sar Sangh Chalak bears a lot of significance as it … Read more
Whom the Supreme Court’s Verdict on Babri Masjid & Aadhar will Benefit?
When the Supreme Court bench led by the outgoing CJI, Dipak Misra, gave a verdict decriminalising the colonial era Section 377 of the IPC, which criminalised homosexuality, the liberal democrats, the non-conservative elites and upper-middle class city dwellers welcomed the move and hailed the Supreme Court. They even overlooked the allegations that four senior-most judges … Read more
VHP’s Ram Rajya Rath Yatra: The Silent March of Polarisation
While the corporate-controlled mainstream media of India was busy talking about the election results in three states of North East India, Rahul Gandhi’s speech to Congress workers, its opposition by the BJP, and lately, the Cambridge Analytica data breach along with the “watermelon protest” by the daring women of Kerala against misogynist slurs hurled by … Read more
25 Years of Babri Masjid Demolition & Rise of Hindutva Fascism
Then came Ayodhya. After India was ripped apart and ravaged by a dastardly communal carnage and a large-scale displacement of people on communal lines during the partition, the Ram Janmabhoomi controversy suddenly resurrected, after dying a peaceful death in the 19th century when the Nirmohi Akhara, promoted and funded by British colonial rulers, started a … Read more
Why the SC Verdict to Prosecute Advani will help the BJP in 2019?
On 19 April, the Supreme Court ordered a trial court in Lucknow to not drop the names of the high-profile accused like Lal Krishna Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi, Union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti and the Rajasthan Governor Kalyan Singh from the charge sheet that the CBI has filed earlier on the Babri Masjid demolition … Read more
The Ram Temple Politics of the BJP and the Problem of Resistance
From Mandir Wahin Banayenge Until Now The political situation prevailing at present in India can be attributed largely to the demolition of the Babri Masjid by thousands of karsevaks on 6 December 1992, when Lal Krishna Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi and Uma Bharti captained a mob of incensed karsevaks to the site of the Babri … Read more