'Resist Hindutva', that is what the slogan rose among college students when the 'Modi' government occupied the centre. I remember my Muslim housemaid shivering with fear in the name of BJP. She came one morning and said that people in her village were spreading rumours of riots. She said that some fanatic Hindu has become our Prime Minister. Well initially to calm her … [Read more...]
She Was Called A ‘Witch’ In USA Because She Did Yoga. Here Is How Religiously Tolerant They Are!
An Air Force contractor who had been working at a Maryland dental clinic was accused of being a witch and subsequently fired. Deborah Schoenfeld, a Hindu, had complained of being harassed for not sharing the same religious beliefs as her Christian co-workers. She was told that practicing yoga was “satanic” and would “cost her her soul.” Yes, this happened in 2015, when it seems … [Read more...]
M. M. Kalburgi: A Scholar Who Has Been Shot Dead Because He Dared To Question…
Sahitya Akademi award winner Malleshappa Madivalappa Kalburgi, was shot dead by religious fundamentalists on the allegation that he made offensive and fallacious statements against a Hindutva group. The suspects are not yet arrested and the investigation continues. M. Kalburgi was one of the major scholars who spoke fearlessly regarding his convictions. Coming from a middle … [Read more...]
I am not a fan of RSS, but I think you should read this (they are not all bad)
Of late I have been reading a lot about Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, commonly known as RSS, and the general perception which the people have about them is certainly not good. Almost everywhere they have been portrayed as a bunch of retards with old school ideologies and extremist opinions supporting Hindutva. This is what even I thought about them until recently I read … [Read more...]
Can enforcing Hinduism solve the problem of “Roti, Kapda aur Makaan”? Or any other problem for that matter?
As the nation visionises a massive drive by the fascist forces to reorganize the society on the basis of religion by militant “religionisation” (if the term is correct), it has utterly forgotten that it is not religion which has helped mankind to make massive strides in the direction of a progressive society but rather but has always been the study of the various sciences and … [Read more...]