By Ram Puniyani Mumbai, August 28, 2026:In pre-colonial India broad Hindu society was ruled by the laws of manusmiriti (MS) where caste and gender hierarchy was the core of its values. During the colonial period when education, transport and modern administration took roots, the germs of democracy started taking roots.Continue Reading
By Ram Puniyani Mumbai, July 14, 2026: NGOs are much in the news these days for various reasons. From the ramparts of Red Fort Prime Minister Narendra Modi, RSS Pracharak (full-time Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, RSS, volunteer), declared that RSS is the biggest NGO of the world. Incidentally there was anotherContinue Reading
By Suresh Mathew New Delhi, July 5, 2022: Today, July 5, is the first death anniversary of Father Stan Swamy, one of the noblest souls of the Indian Church whose heart bled for the Tribals, Dalits and poor. It was nothing less than custodial death as he was denied bailContinue Reading
By Varghese Alengaden Indore, June 18, 2022: Two recent articles speak of how Hindutva forces easily trap bishops, priests and nuns by exploiting their ignorance. Jesuit Father Vincent Perappaden wrote about the conclave organized by the BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) Minority Morcha in Kerala for Catholic priests and nuns andContinue Reading
By Nirmala Carvalho Pune, June 16, 2022: A Catholic bishop in India has reached out to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, the umbrella organization of Hindu nationalists groups. On June 12 in Pune, the cultural capital of the western Indian state of Maharashtra, Bishop Thomas Dabre of Poona took part inContinue Reading
By Teesta Setalvad “By Ram Rajya I do not mean Hindu Raj. I mean by Ramarajya Divine Raj, Khuda ki Basti or the Kingdom of God on Earth” Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi[1] At the heart of the visceral animosity that the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), Hindu Mahasabha (HMS) and all theContinue Reading
By Harsh Mander New Delhi, Dec 29, 2019: The nation’s slide into fear, hate and bigotry did not begin ex nihilo five years ago. It’s the climax of a hundred-year campaign against the kind and pluralistic ethos of the freedom struggle A hundred years have passed since a battle wasContinue Reading
By Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd It was a pleasant surprise last week to come across a news report about the findings of a survey done by what was described as a ‘RSS think tank’ on the status of women in India. Besides claiming that married women and women who seek spiritualContinue Reading
The decision to put a one day ban on Hindi NDTV, since withheld, came as a big jolt to the country. A major channel was asked to stop the broadcast. The charge was that its broadcast on Pathannkot revealed sensitive information regarding national security. On the same Pathankot issue thisContinue Reading
