Founded in 1925, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, or RSS, runs scout camps and charities. A profile of the paramilitary group which draws comparisons to Europe’s far-right.
South Asia Citizens Web
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NPR audio: How India’s RSS Fuels Hindu Nationalism | Lauren Frayer
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Video: Textbooks to manipulate minds and to create a right wing mindset in India | Prof. Aditya Mukherjee
29 April 2019short video recordings [in English and Hindi] of talks by Historian Aditya Mukherjee on the RSS and right-wing manipulation of minds through history textbooks and propaganda in India. These videos were released just before the 2019 national elections in India.
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India: Proping up mythology as science - assault on science under the Narendra Modi government
28 April 2019Members of India’s scientific community are worried about what they view as a two-pronged assault on science under the Narendra Modi government, marked by efforts to prop up mythology as science and push policies and funds toward regressive turns. Several senior scientists said their concerns relate not just to “ridiculous statements” from persons in responsible positions, including Union ministers, but also directions in which some academic and scientific institutions have been nudged over the past five years.
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On 33rd Anniversary of the Chernobyl Disaster, Nuclear Free India Newsletter is revived
25 April 2019A newsletter from National Alliance of Anti - Nuclear Movements in India
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India: Anand Patwardhan’s Film Vivek (Reason) - all 16 video episodes
25 April 201916 Videos episodes of the film Vivek [Reason]
