It is no mystery that social justice and Hindutva are hurtling towards a definitive show down. A battle with no middle ground and the taking of prisoners, most unlikely.       

While academic historians try to meaningfully understand how the past differs from the present, pseudo-historians want to realise the political ambition of projecting their version of the present onto the past.

While academic historians try to meaningfully understand how the past differs from the present, pseudo-historians want to realise the political ambition of projecting their version of the present onto the past.

The JNU scholar's rigorous academic work is proof that the public university is an ideal worth fighting for, writes the external examiner of his thesis.

For an organisation that prides itself on speaking for and on behalf of India’s Hindus, Mohan Bhagwat’s RSS shows surprisingly little understanding of how complex symbols and representations can be in India.

The crackdown on institutes of higher learning on ideological grounds may quickly lead to anger among the middle class.