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Mythology of bravery

Controversy erupted on the floor of the lower house of the Indian parliament, during the debate on the no-confidence motion against the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government in New

By Subhash Gatade

/ 1 Sep 2003

Dalits and Adivasis: Cannon fodder for Hindutva?

Gujarat's 'mobs' are not a random mix of Hindu activists. Rather, they are the designed outcome of the RSS-VHP-BJP strategy to weaken Dalit-Adivasi

By Praful Bidwai

/ 1 May 2002

India’s self-goal in Gujarat

The evil now consuming Gujarat emerged from the BJP's communal 'laboratory experiments' in the state. The massacres of Muslims thus do not represent a failure but

By Ranjit Dev Raj

/ 1 May 2002

The social engineering of Gujarat

The ongoing violence and its broadening social and geographical base in the state is a consequence of the political recasting of social identities. The winter moon had already risen over

By Hemant Babu

/ 1 May 2002

As the communal carnage in Gujarat enters its third month, the Vajpayee government has fashioned a three-pronged strategy: brazen out the opprobrium, attack domestic and international critics of Narendra

By Praful Bidwai

/ 1 May 2002

Communalism at Large

The BJP's weaknesses as a political party make it doubly dangerous as far as the non-Hindu minorities of India are concerned. Of the many liturgies of nationalism

By The Editors

/ 1 Apr 2002

The Indian State and the Madrasa

Ever since the Bharatiya Janata Party-led coalition I ' assumed office at the Centre in India, there has been a spate of attacks on Muslim madrasas (religious schools), mosques

By Yoginder Sikand

/ 1 Sep 2001

A NOT-SO-DISCREET OPERATION SANSKRIT

One of the first things that the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance government embarked on when it came to power was to 'rectify' the various institutional

By The Editors

/ 1 Jun 2001

Epic war

It is clear that there is a campaign of terror, not necessarily coordinated, underway against selected minorities in India. This has serious implications for the country´s democratic polity, one

By Samuel Thomas

/ 1 Aug 2000

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE

At the same time as India gets ready to launch the 'second phase' of neo-liberal economic 'reforms', the Bharatiya Janata Party-dominated government is trying

By Praful Bidwai

/ 1 Dec 1999

SABOTAGED SUMMIT

The Indian government led by the hard-line Bharatiya Janata Party has put a spoke in the wheel of SAARC (South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation), by forcing a postponement

By Praful Bidwai

/ 1 Nov 1999

BRUTE MAJORITY

It took New Delhi two days to respond to the sharp rebuke administered in September by the US State Department to the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its militant

By S.N.M. Abdi

/ 1 Oct 1999