There is a literal trend of legitimising and mainstreaming terrorism after the Narendra Modi-led government was formed in 2014. Though there is no direct connection seen between the Modi regime and the growing violence against opponents of the Modi regime, the vulnerable minorities and the ostracised Dalits and Adivasis, it’s clear that the unapologetic demagogy … Read more
It’s more than a week since the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) arrested three Sanatan Sanstha members, ardent Hindutva fanatics, and also recovered huge cache of explosives from the trio. These men, Vaibhav Raut (40), Sharad Kalaskar (25) and Sudhanwa Gondhalekar (39) were arrested following raids in Palghar district and Pune, and they were remanded to … Read more
Kerala is in the southern part of India, it’s a state where the parliamentary opportunist CPI(M)-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) is ruling in the entire country, it’s a place where beef fry with porotta is quite a sought-after dish cutting across religious affiliations and it’s the only state where, despite having a strong organisational presence, … Read more
With the death of the Indian liberal’s favourite Hindutva eye candy – Atal Bihari Vajpayee, there will be an incessant barrage of condolences flowing and eulogies published across the political spectrum to showcase the man in the brightest shades possible and his contribution to Indian politics will also be magnified manifold. It’s usually what happens … Read more
On the 72nd Independence Day, 15th August 2018, we, the people of the country, again experienced a refurbished repeat telecast of the same show that’s going on for the last seven decades, forcefully making each Indian believe that they are “independent” and “free”, despite being knocked down by severe poverty, starvation, lack of health care, … Read more
Ever since he occupied the throne of New Delhi, Narendra Modi is accused of being media-phobic by the near-extinct scribes with their spine intact. Narendra Modi reaffirmed this truth that he can’t stand critical questions by refusing to meet the press for the last four years. Sheer monologue and utter disregard for two-ways communication prevailed … Read more
The holy month of Sawan is a month when male devotees of Lord Shiva, the Hindu God, traverse a long distance from their home to reach the river Ganga, dip there and then fetch water from the holy river and rush to their neighbourhood Shiva temples to pour it on the deity. This ritual, called … Read more
The issue of National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam leaving out four million people from its final draft released on 30 July 2018 has created a nationwide stir as the Modi regime and the RSS have converted the issue of exclusion of these people as a Hindu vs Muslim narrative and created a paranoia … Read more
The BJP-led Assam Government has published the final draft of the National Register of Citizens after surveying the citizenship records and family trees of 32.9 million people residing in Assam to trace out the “illegal Bangladeshi” immigrants from the state. This final draft has excluded the names of four million Bengali people, the majority of … Read more
When the elites and urban middle-class of India, the upper-caste privileged section of the society, was glued to the TV watching the theatrics performed during the no-confidence motion, either appraising Narendra Modi or Rahul Gandhi for their performance, Akbar Khan (28), a Mewati Muslim from Mewat district of Haryana, was lynched by the RSS-sponsored cow … Read more
West Bengal is a crucial state for the BJP to wrest in 2021 and as a run-up to the crucial assembly election, the BJP is using the 2019 general election as an acid test. The goal of Amit Shah and the entire RSS-led Hindutva mafia is to wrest 22 out of 42 Lok Sabha seats … Read more
Narendra Modi played the klaxon of the poll battle of 2019 from eastern Uttar Pradesh, where he went to address rallies. By launching his attack against the Muslim community by using the Congress as a scapegoats, Narendra Modi proved that despite ₹4,300 crore worth propaganda over his so-called development lullaby, the core election issue for … Read more
While Narendra Modi and his ministers were too nervous and panicked in March 2018, when the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) tried to bring a no-confidence motion against the government in the parliament, they look very confident as the Congress joined the fray in the monsoon session of the parliament and the BJP allowed the motion … Read more
When a crisis-ridden government goes topsy-turvy over issues and ministers start swapping their roles behind the backdrop, it’s time to comprehend that by hook and crook the tyrant and sclerotic regime will try to cling to power. As soon as Nirmala Sitharaman, the defence minister of Narendra Modi’s cabinet, decided to wear the apron of … Read more
Recently the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) decided to set-up Shariat or Islamic religious law courts throughout India to settle the civil litigations bypassing the already over-burdened courts and many Muslim clerics and Islamist politicians started garnering support for such a move by presenting Dar-ul Qaza, i.e. Muslim Personal Courts ruled according to … Read more
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj faced the wrath of the Hindutva-incensed social media trolls when her department took a stern action against a passport officer in Lucknow against whom an interfaith couple filed a complaint of harassment. From being blamed as a Muslim sympathiser and a Christian-lover, the prominent Lal Krishna Advani-loyalist Swaraj was also … Read more
The Pathalgadi movement of Jharkhand is gradually manifesting itself as the largest tribal movement of India in the 21st century. The movement that started with the demand of recognising the special status granted to the residents of the Fifth Scheduled Areas by the Indian Constitution is now turning into a serious battle between the Hindutva … Read more
The Modi regime has increased the minimum support price (MSP) of 14 notified Kharif crops to fulfil the BJP’s poll promise of increasing farmers’ income in comparison to the input cost of farming by 50 per cent. This promise was reiterated during the Union Budget 2018-19 and the government announced the increase in MSP on … Read more
All sections of the ruling classes have united to thwart the rightful movement of the Delhi Metro employees against their unbridled exploitation by the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), a joint-venture company owned by the Delhi Government and the Union Government, financed by big foreign monopoly and finance capital that extracts huge profit from the … Read more
The brutal rape and attempt-to-murder of a minor girl in Mandsaur of Madhya Pradesh, infamous for last year’s brutal killing of farmers by the BJP government, has again raked up a communal binary over a heinous crime like rape. The two men accused of raping the minor in Mandsaur are Muslims; an identity that’s now … Read more