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Communalism Watch: Resources for all concerned by the rise of the far right in India

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  • Abusing Hindu Festivals to spark Hate and Violence

    6 November, by Ram Puniyani
    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,

  • Promoting Love or instilling Hate and Fear

    31 October, by Ram Puniyani
    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

  • Mohan Bhagwar: Dussera Speech

    24 October, by Ram Puniyani
    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

  • Ahead of Elections :Cow as Rajyamata-Gomata:

    21 October, by Ram Puniyani
    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

  • Love Jihad Propaganda to the fore , Yet again

    20 October, by Ram Puniyani
    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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