Hindutva

'Hindutva is a way of life, not a religion': Vivek Sood explores SC insights, PM Modi's perspectives in new book

Hindutva has been defined by the Supreme Court, especially in the context of election disputes, says senior advocate Vivek Sood

The Archies, generational change, and why India will (still) be a cultural superpower

By embracing intergenerational continuity, and learning to represent that in our art and media and education, we will make Bharat a cultural superpower

Why Udhayanidhi’s statement smacks of Stalinist terror and is both dangerous and ahistorical

This latest episode has drawn the curtains on the ‘Hinduism is good-Hindutva is bad’ narrative. Hinduism has now officially become a bad word in Indian politics

Fatal attraction: Blunders Congress-dominated alliance never learns from

Modi-bashing for the forthcoming elections this time around becomes an even more formidable task for the Opposition

Life beyond G20: The anticipated trifecta of the ‘Next Big, Bigger and Biggest Thing’?

The next ‘Big Thing’ will now be how the I.N.D.I.A bloc recalibrates, and perhaps even undergoes a name change, in quick response to the rechristening of India as Bharat

Vajpayee was a Hindutva leader who lived and loved a liberal life

Atal Bihari Vajpayee, through his own life, showed that Hindutva wasn’t an antithesis to the idea of democracy, secularism and liberalism

Why ‘Jai Bajrangbali’ has become Congress’ victory cry in Karnataka

The promise to ban Bajrang Dal in its manifesto seemed like it had backfired on Congress. The BJP made ‘Jai Bajrangbali’ its unofficial slogan for the Karnataka Assembly election. But in the end, the Grand Old Party benefitted and came out on top

Time for 'liberals' to wake up and smell 'The Kerala Story': Love jihad is real and not figment of Hindutva imagination

With first ‘The Kashmir Files’ and now ‘The Kerala Story’, India’s dark secrets are tumbling out of the Left-‘liberal’ closet, to be finally discussed and debated in the open

West’s negative comments come from its fear of new India

Friends in the West, including the United States, Canada, Britain and Germany, have taken to regularly commenting on and criticising India’s internal affairs

Right Word | Hinduphobia in US: An absurd anti-caste discrimination law and the complex web of anti-Bharat coalition

The Seattle resolution is neither the first, nor the last attempt to demonise Hindus, Bharat and Hinduness or Hindutva