There has been a surge of bad news for the BJP from Faizabad which even its 'well-wisher' media is unable to brush aside. All attempts to review the defeat and carry out damage control measures have gone in vain.

The BJP is still trying to come to terms with the severe blow dealt to it by the SP (and Congress) in Uttar Pradesh, its well-wishers – intellectuals and analysts – are leaving no stone unturned and giving one argument after another to paint it as an ordinary event.

After coming to power in Uttar Pradesh in 2017, the Adityanath government had announced the installation of ambitious statues in Ayodhya. Contradictions and different interests, however, have left these plans at a standstill.

Champat Rai's attitude towards Sanyasis, Shaivites and Shaktas goes against Hindu traditions.

The medieval era tradition is known for coordination between different branches of Rambhakti, which is opposed to caste hatred and nurtures pluralism. The Ram temple will be opened on January 22, 2024.

According to the Naga sadhus of the Hanuman Garhi temple in the city, the Trust is trying to annex land by hook or by crook as part of its plan to expand the temple complex.

The Indo-Islamic Cultural Foundation (IICF), which is handling the construction of the mosque, is struggling to get the mosque's map sanctioned and reeling under a lack of funds. The laying of the foundation stone is the only activity that the land has seen.

A group of 'saints' from Ayodhya have come out in support of the BJP MP, who is facing allegations of sexual harassment by wrestlers. They have called the POCSO Act 'faulty', and have demanded to amend provisions of the Act.

Recently, convicted gangster Mukhtar Ansari filed an application in a local court in UP asking the media not to use words like 'bahubali' and 'don' with his name. But how did these words become part of common parlance?

"...journalism is a weapon. It is just like a knife, which gives life if used by a doctor, but kills when used by a murderer."

The period of VHP’s belligerent build-up to the Babri Masjid destruction saw the rise of a mainstream ‘kar sevak’ media which destroyed the very fundamentals of journalism by becoming an active participant in furthering intolerance.

The dispensation's indifference to the freedom fighter can be seen by its acts, big and small, including the entrance fee it levies on people paying tribute to him at the iconic Azad Park in Allahabad.

Gandhi visited Ayodhya on February 10, 1921, the first of his two visits to the place associated with Rama. He had just two messages to give – on Hindu-Muslim unity and non-violence.

The Left may have entered electoral politics with the revolutionary intent of changing the system, but are now part of the system itself.

We don't have a prime minister like Vajpayee today who can remind a chief minister about his duty as a ruler towards the people.

A country that goes mushy over images of political leaders and their mothers has little desire to remember the mothers of revolutionaries who sacrificed their lives for their motherland.

Will the ‘Hindu’ rulers use their newfound status to display a spirit of generosity or to demand total submission?

The farcical enactment of ‘the return of Ram Rajya’ signals trying times ahead. Seeing Ayodhya’s plight many speak of the curse Sita put on it for abandoning her at a difficult juncture and choosing to belong solely to Rama.

The first phase of the UP government's much-hyped crop loan waiver has turned into another farce for farmers.