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Sanatan Dharma: An Ideology or the Entire Hindu Community?
Even V.D. Savarkar, the most influential ideologue of Hindutva, hardly conflated ‘sanatan dharma’ with the entire Hindu community, unlike the BJP's position on the current controversy over the term.
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Kashi Vishwanath: Years After the Constitution Came to Life, Sanatanist Resistance to Its Soul Persisted
A 1954 story on the entrenched caste bias preventing entry into Banaras’s Kashi Vishwanath temple. Sanatanist resistance was spearheaded by Swami Hariharanand Saraswati, who had led a political movement against the Ambedkar-piloted Hindu Code Bill.
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Vande Bharat Mission: My Experience From New York to New Delhi
For all the exorbitant fares charged, there were no COVID-19 tests, the customer service was bad and hardly any social distancing measures were followed anywhere – on or off the flights.
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When Even the Supreme Court Let Down the Nation
It did nothing to hold to account the BJP leaders who gave false assurances to the court before the Ayodhya demolition.
What the Silence Over Rana Ayyub's 'Gujarat Files' Tells Us
Far from clamouring for the videos tapes of Ayyub's sting operation, Modi partisans have maintained a studied silence. Is it simply because they are cowards, or because they have accepted its truth?
Not Just Kanhaiya, Even JNU Historians Went Soft on Congress for 1984 Violence
Bipan Chandra's India Since Independence made the same disappointing point Kanhaiya did, but faced much less criticism.
