From The Caravan Exposing the largest far-right network in history “The Sangh does not control, neither directly nor remotely,” Mohan Bhagwat, the chief of the
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From The Caravan The RSS Project Mapping the Largest Far-Right Network in the World Seeing the Sangh is the world’s first comprehensive map of the
Political scientists Tariq Thachil and Kamal Nayan Choubey speak to Harsh Mander about how the RSS and its offshoots have made inroads into and are
In an affidavit before the Supreme Court, the [BJP-controlled, editor’s note] Madhya Pradesh government claimed India’s caste system was founded on “social harmony, equality, and
In this episode of “Saffron Siege: The RSS at 100”, Apoorvanand Jha discusses how Hindu and Hindutva common sense kept the RSS popular even though
From Lux Magazine, issue 14 “END FOSSIL FUEL NOW!” The sharp cry broke through the monotony of the COP28 plenary session in Dubai in late
Shahrukh Alam, a lawyer practicing in India’s Supreme Court, dissects how the country’s law and order machinery has been turned against its Muslim citizens in
On 25 June this year, India marks 50 years since former prime minister Indira Gandhi imposed Emergency in India. This was the third time that
Development economist Amirullah Khan explains the social indicators that show the stark deprivation of the majority of India’s Muslims, especially in education and employment. He talks
In 2020, an unlikely coalition of activists formed online. It brought together protest movements in Hong Kong and Thailand and, before long, fanned out across
Audrey Truschke is Professor of South Asian History at Rutgers University in Newark, New Jersey, USA. Ivan Kalmar is Professor of Anthropology at the University
From Himal Southasian The Hindu Right has dispossessed India’s Muslims of meaningful political participation and fair representation while altering electoral politics to cast Muslims as
The ceasefire is just the first step in the long walk to justice and peace We, feminists from India and Pakistan, unequivocally welcome the ceasefire
In an unprecedented move, India recently suspended the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty with Pakistan, citing cross-border terrorism. This was one of a series of escalations
From New Lines Magazine. A week after Indian naval officer Vinay Narwal married Himanshi Sowami on April 16, he was dead. The couple wanted to
Kashmiris must mourn on cue, stay silent on their own dead, and pretend the valley’s beauty isn’t built over graves. So predictably, the audit of
Yesterday was a day of great strength, solidarity, and remembrance of women workers’ historic struggles for rights and against tyrants. Support for the striking ASHA
A growing illiberal international project is posing the biggest threat to democracy, people and peace in the world Why has U.S. President Donald Trump thrown
What more do parties like the CPI(M) and others who think like them want to wait for the Modi regime, powered by the RSS and
From Al-Jazeera Trump’s return to power exposed an underbelly of anti-Indian racism in the MAGA-verse. Hindi nationalists who support him are working hard to conceal
The ASHA workers’ strike in Kerala is entering its third week. We are appalled by the CPI(M)-led government’s apathy and the disgusting ignorance of the
From Himal Southasian Biren Singh’s BJP-led Manipur state government has used arrests, intimidation and narrative manipulation as tools to dominate the public and exacerbate decades-old
Aleksandr Dugin, a prominent Putinist ideologue from Russia, was in Delhi last week. There has been no critical scrutiny of his visit among political
In July 2024, hundreds of influential far-right leaders gathered to network at the “National Conservatism” conference, or “NatCon,” in Washington, D.C. While the event was
Author: Subha WijesiriwardenaLead Editors: Islam Al Khatib, Maie Panaga BabkerEditor: Naureen ShameemPeer Review: Suri Kempe, Tooba Syed, Sabika Abbas, Amna NasirAdditional Research: Anonymous contributorProofreading: Rochelle
From Himal Southasian Refugees from the war in Myanmar live in fear of harassment, imprisonment and deportation in the border areas of Northeast India and
They didn’t fall out of a coconut tree. From Get Down and Shruti. It’s only been a couple of days since Biden stepped down and
The 2024 Lok Sabha Elections produced the façade of sameness as 2019 was almost re-enacted in Kerala. Yet, the present elections should ring the alarm
From Himal Southasian India’s ruling BJP claims to have overcome the “tyranny of distance” that has plagued the Northeast but its politics have created greater
The author’s pieces on Hindutva in the 1980s had forecast many of the trends that are visible today. K. Balagopal was a civil rights activist
JURIST: Professor Kanjwal, to the readers of JURIST who might be unaware, can you give a brief history of the territory of Kashmir, including how
From New Lines Magazine. A day after Narendra Modi first came to power in 2014, the Indian election received a certificate of decolonization from an
Andrew B. Liu is an associate professor in the Department of History at Villanova University (Pennsylvania, USA). His research interests include modern China, South and
Apologists for capitalism like to point to its historically progressive aspects, like its supposed use of “free labor” rather than older forms of labor compulsion.
In the midst of the current global turn to the right, striking resonances across oceans emerge: strongmen and their allies point to specific and vivid