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Paradigm shift
by Ranjit Hoskote [May 3, 2005] Prophets Facing
Backward :
Postmodernism, Science and Hindu Nationalism: Meera Nanda. Permanent
Black, Delhi.
Once Enemies, Now Friends
by Arnab
Bhattacharya [April
29, 2005]
Hindutva
and Dalits: Perspectives for Understanding Communal Praxis
Edited by Anand Teltumbde,
Samya, Rs 500
Exposing a Maharashtra
legend
by Piyush Mathur [Asia Times, October 9, 2004]
Shivaji:
Hindu King in Islamic India by James W Laine
Revisiting the 'Secular'
Ideal
by S Irfan Habib [EPW Book Review September 4, 2004]
In
Defence of Our Dreams, 12 CDs of Lectures and Documentary Films,
produced by Gauhar Raza for ANHAD, New Delhi, 2004; Rs 1,000.
Emulating the
threatening 'Other'
[ Times of India, July 17, 2004]
Hindutva:
Exploring the Idea of Hindu Nationalism
By Jyotirmaya Sharma
Viking Penguin India, New Delhi, 2004,
205 pp., Rs 350
A secular response
by Praful Bidwai (Frontline, Jul. 17 - 30, 2004)
Will
Secular India Survive? by Mushirul Hasan (ed); Imprint One, Delhi,
distributed by Manohar Books, New Delhi; Rs.800.
The Right and the Right
review
by Ritu
Menon (April
2004)
Will Secular
India Survive Edited by Mushirul Hasan
Imprint One [India]
Hindutva and history
review by A.G. Noorani
Somanatha:
The Many Voices of a History by Romila Thapar [Viking]
Mapping The Path of the
Parivar review by KK (April 2004)
The
Path of the Parivar by Mukul Dube [Three Essays Collective, New Delhi]
Review by Christopher Lee
(February 2004) Beyond Hindu
and
Muslim: Multiple Identity in Narratives from Village India. Peter
Gottschalk. [New York: Oxford University Press, 2000].
Hindutva's Hoax
review
by
Siriyavan Anand (October,
2003)
Breaking
the Spell of Dharma and Other Essays
by Meera
Nanda
[Three Essays Collective, New Delhi]
On A Collusion Course
review by
Jawid Laiq (Oct
27, 2003)
The
Production of Hindu-Muslim Violence in Contemporary India
by Paul R.
Brass
[See
also review of the Paul
Brassbook by Thomas
Blom Hansen (Nov 2003) ]
Savarkar re-examined
review
by Pradip
Kumar Datta (April
2003)
Savarkar
and Hindutva: The Godse Connection
by A.G. Noorani [LeftWord
Books, New Delhi]
Evolution of an ideology reviewed by
V. Krishna Ananth (Oct
22, 2002)
Hindutva
Demystified
by
Virendra Prakash [Virgo Publications, L-67A, Malviya Nagar, New
Delhi-110017.]
Father, Son and The
Unholy Mission
review
by Ram
Puniyani (September 2002)
The
RSS and the BJP: A Division of Labor, by
A.G.Noorani,
Left Word, 12 Rajendra Prasad Road, New Delhi 110001,PB, Rs.75)
Violence, Stripped To
Its Core
review by Pratap Bhanu Mehta Gujarat:
The Making of
a Tragedy
by Siddharth Varadarajan
[Penguin, New Delhi]
The
gastronomic legends and taboos
of Indiaís modern Hindu chauvinism review by Susan Watkins
The
Myth of the Holy Cow
by D. N.
Jha
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Selected
Articles in
Chronological order
Kirtibhai: Between criminal and spiritual
by Subhash Gatade [April 16, 2008]
Growing Hinduisation of the public sphere in India
by Meera Nanda
Fears for Democracy in India
by Martha C. Nussbaum [May 18, 2007]
Revisiting Babri
by Ram Puniyani [March 23, 2007]
Yogi Adityanath's crocodile tears
by Subhash Gatade [March 13, 2007]
Gujarat 2002: The Long Shadow
by Bina Srinivasan [March 3, 2007]
Hindutva's Uncivil Society in Eastern UP:
Its time stop the hate spewing yogi of Gorakhpur
by Subhashini Ali [February 2007]
'Yogi Parighatna: Poorvi Uttar Pradeh Mein Hindu Rashtra ki Dastak'
[Hindu Rashtra knocking on the door in eastern UP -- A booklet in Hindi]
by Subhash Gatade [ February 24, 2007]
Refuse to sit by and let mass crimes go unpunished
by Teesta Setalvad [ February 20, 2007]
Using hate a weapon to gain power
by Vidya Bhusahan Rawat [February 12, 2007]
Lengthening shadows of swastika in Gujarat
by Ram Puniyani [February 4, 2007]
Making hindutva, eating smosas in America
by Gautam Bhatia [January 27, 2007]
Return of the rightwing textbooks
by Apoorvanand [January 17, 2007]
Secularism without Secularisation
by Meera Nanda [January 6, 2007]
RSS: Cultural or Political
by Ram Puniyani [October 20, 2006]
A litmus test of impartiality
by Praful Bidwai [September 23, 2006]
Karmayogi - Golwalkar Guruji
Coming soon to a theare near you
by Subhash Gatade [Aug 15, 2006]
When is violence 'terror' and when is it not?
by M R Narayan Swamy [Aug 2, 2006]
Jammu and Kashmir: Pilgrim’s Progress Causes Regression
by Gautam Navlakha [July 8, 2006]
Finding our common ground
by Amartya Sen [May 31, 2006]
Wages of Hate
by
Harsh Mander [May 8, 2006]
What Contitutes the Real
Threat to
India
by
Subhash Gatade [April 22, 2006]
M.S. Golwalkar:
Conceptualizing
Hindutva Fascism
by Ram
Puniyani [March 6, 2006]
Sanitising
the Supremo! On the birth anniversary of Golwalkar Guruji
by
Subhash Gatade [February 21, 2006]
Encore
Soft Hindutva
by
Subhash Gatade [January 19, 2006]
Incursions of Hindutva
by
Harsh Mander [January 7, 2006]
Now, Hindu Nationalists Rewriting California Textbooks
by Angana Chatterji [January 6, 2006]
Secularism and the Gujarat state: 1960-2005
by Nikita Sud [November 2005]
Adivasi
Encounters with Hindu Nationalism in Madhya Pradesh
by Amita Baviskar [November
2005]
The
Rise of Hindu Nationalism in India: The Case Study of Ahmedabad in the
1980s
by Ornit Shani
Madhya
Pradesh: Lengthening Trident Shadows - Trishuld Diksha
in Jabalpur
by Ram Puniyani [September 16, 2005]
India:
"Our" Women, "Their" - Women Communal Ideology and
Women
by Ram Puniyani [August 15, 2005]
India: 1984 Revisited - Times for National Audit
Personal Reflections by Lalitha Ramdas [August 15, 2005]
Justice Delayed Should
not be Justice
Denied
by Smitu Kothari [August 15, 2005]
A Misfired Apology
by Sangeeta Mall
The Contours of a
Communal Violence Law
An evaluation of the Communal Violence (Suppression) Bill, 2005
by Colin Gonsalves [August 13, 2005]
Shameless
collaborators
by V.B.Rawat [August 11, 2005]
Dilemmas of Public Reason
Secularism and Religious Violence in Contemporary India
by M S S Pandian [May 28-June 4, 2005]
A
Dangerous Illusion
by Mukul Dube (Introductory essay written for The Parivar Raj and
After, to be published by the Vikas Adhyayan Kendra, Mumbai, early in
August 2005) [May 26, 2005]
The Monkey God's Army
The Chief of Staff in Hanuman's [Bajrang Dal] Army
by Eliza Griswold [May 18, 2005]
The Monkey God's Army
The RSS and Bollywood
by Eliza Griswold [May 19, 2005]
The BJP-RSS equation
by A.G. Noorani [May 7, 2005]
Study of textbooks
evokes concern [May 2, 2005]
Worker Politics, Trade
Unions and the
Shiv Sena's Rise in Central Bombay
by Juned Shaikh [April 30, 2005]
This law won't prevent a
Gujarat
by Harsh Mander [April 26, 2005]
UPA answer to communal
violence: Army
rule, Delhi rule
by Navika Kumar [April 23, 2005]
RSS
and the Gender Question
by Ram Puniyani
[April 17,
2005]
Repressed Sexuality as a
trigger for
Violence
by
Rakesh Shukla [April
15, 2005]
Will Lotus Bloom or
Wither?
25 years of Bharatiya Janata Party
by Ram Puniyani [April 10, 2005]
Masks
Unlimited - Vajpayee, Babri Demolition and Gujarat Riots
by Ram
Puniyani [March 10, 2005]
The
Ethics of Collective Vengeance
by
Harsh Mander [March 8, 2005]
On
Muslim Women in Gujarat
by
Mukul Dube [March 8, 2005]
Cinema &
Secularism
by Mahesh Bhatt [Communalism Combat, February 2005]
On Keeping One's Eyes
Open
by Mukul Dube [February
14,
2005]
RSS rides the tsunami
tide
by PC Vinoj Kumar
Beyond Hindu-Muslim
Growth Rates
by Ashish Bose [January 29, 2005]
Saffron Demography,
Common Wisdom,
Aspirations and Uneven Governmentalities by Roger Jeffery and
Patricia Jeffery
[January 29, 2005]
"But, Who Lit the Fire ?
"
by Praful Bidwai [January 29, 2005]
Truth
about
Godhra
[Parts I-VI] [Part VII]
by Siddharth
Varadarajan
[January 23, 2005]
Always Already Secular?
by Sasheej Hegde [January
22, 2005]
Taking advantage of
public generosity
RSS tries to enter South with aid
by Ashish Kumar Sen [January
6, 2005]
The
Ramjanmabhumi Drama: The Post-Demolition Scene
by S. P. Udayakumar [November 13, 2004]
The twist doesn't change
the tale
by J Sri Raman (November 11, 2004)
Lie of the State: Zahira
Symbolises Flaws
in Prosecution Process
by Anil Dharker (November 11, 2004)
Improbability Ratio
This Population Projection Defies Common Sense
by Mukul Dube (November 9, 2004)
1984 in the life of a
nation
by Indira Jaisingh (Nov 1, 2004)
Development of an
Institutionalised Riot
System in Meerut City, 1961 to 1982
by Paul R Brass (Oct 30, 2004)
Assassination of the
Mahatma
by K.N. Panikkar (Oct 28, 2004)
Erasing
the Past for Present Political Agenda
by Ram Puniyani (October 11, 2004)
India:
Hindutvaisation of a Gorakhnath Mutt
by Subhash
Gatade
(October 8, 2004)
Censuses, Communalism,
Gender and Identity
by Charu Gupta (September 25, 2004)
The women of the Sangh
by Jyotirmaya Sharma (September 24, 2004)
Victim
of brahmanical secularism in India
by
V.B.Rawat
(September 22, 2004) |