Unnamati Syama Sundar’s book, which shows how cartoonists between 1932 and 1956 presented Ambedkar unflatteringly, is a step towards understanding the caste impulses that drive visual cultures in India read more

Shiva devotees wait for this annual pilgrimage during the month of Sawan when they offer Gangajal to Shivlings at known and not-so-known temples. The pilgrimage ends on the last day of Sawan on August 15. read more

Though no official announcement was made at the Yatri Niwas base camp till 5.30 pm, pilgrims from Tamil Nadu, Kerala, West Bengal, Odisha, Maharashtra, Karnataka and other states were upset at not being able to complete their pilgrimage. read more

In an upcoming talk, titled, ‘Gandhi in my film’, Patwardhan will be digging out certain extracts from his films that referenced Gandhi read more

Minority affairs minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi presented the data in the Lok Sabha in reply to a question posed by Trinamool Congress member Prasun Banerjee read more

It is not merely proclaiming pride in Hinduism as a religion; it threatens to unmake India and replace it with a different nation. read more

Savarkar was a radical and his Hindutva too was a radical break in the Hindu thought: anti-caste, reformist, modernist and futuristic. It was a modern Hindu response to the modern world read more

The remark was a veiled reference to Advani not getting a Lok Sabha poll ticket from Gandhinagar, from where the BJP has fielded party president Amit Shah instead. read more

Advani was denied a ticket from Gandhinagar for the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, in his blog post expressed “sincere gratitude” to the people of the city, from where he has been elected six times. read more

Gandhi’s swipe at Modi over the treatment meted out to Advani follows the BJP patriarch’s blog published Thursday where he said the BJP never considered its political adversaries as anti-national. read more

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has demanded that the two minor Hindu girls, abducted and forced to convert to Islam and marry Muslim men, “should be restored to their family immediately”. read more

The explosion in the number of people undertaking the Kanwar Yatra took place when the Ram Mandir issue was gathering momentum. Political and religious fervour came together, and there is no doubt that they still do. Nationalism has now been added to... read more

The Left is embarrassed to show any loyalty to the Indian State, leaving the space to the rightwing read more

This week’s list of good reads includes a primer on a collection of ancient philosophical treatises, stories of love and loss in a transit flat, and a novella on contemporary India read more

Saraswati has been a thorn in patriarchal Hinduism’s side. In her stories, she challenges Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva in different ways read more