PART 1 RSS Modelled After Nazi & Fascist Parties The process of Hindutva takeover of the democratic-secular Indian polity got huge push with Narender Modi, a seasoned RSS ideologue becoming PM of India in 2014. His commitment to the cause of the Hindutva politics and hatred for the Indian democratic-secular polity has been unambiguous. While ruling the State Gujarat as[Read More…]
The RSS-BJP government of India led by a seasoned RSS whole-timer, Narendra Modi has miserably failed in providing basic amenities, employment, education, security and peace to 138 crores of Indians (out of which approximately 80% are Hindus ) but on last August 5, he had a joyous news to share with the people of the country. While laying the foundation[Read More…]
On the eve of 78th anniversary of the glorious Quit India Movement [QIM] we must evaluate the role of the Hindutva gang in India’s anti-colonial freedom struggle. QIM also known as ‘August Kranti’ (August Revolution) was a nation-wide Civil Disobedience Movement for which a call was given on August 7, 1942 by the Bombay session of the All-India Congress Committee.[Read More…]
The sovereign-democratic Indian Republic came into existence on January 26, 1950 coinciding with the promulgation of a historic constitution which in its Preamble declared its firm commitment to “JUSTICE, social, economic and political; LIBERTY of thought, expression, belief, faith and worship; EQUALITY of status and of opportunity; and to promote among them all FRATERNITY assuring the dignity of the individual[Read More…]
It was 80 years ago (July 31, 1940) Udham Singh died on the gallows in the Pentonville prison of London. Through the contemporary police documents, we come to know that before reaching London he had been to Mesopotamia, Kenya, Uganda, USA, and USSR, all in quest of Indian revolutionaries and ammunitions. It was on reaching the English shores that he[Read More…]
RSS is a Hindutva gurukul (university) which specializes in training cadres in speaking lies and manufacturing history. As a latest proof, we find on the 45th anniversary of the Emergency, an ideologue of RSS, Ram Madhav, a prominent graduate of the above gurukul, to claim that Indian democracy survives due to “leaders in the government who fought for that very[Read More…]
The Karnataka government led by a senior RSS whole-timer, B.S. Yediyurappa is going to honour Hindutva icon, VD Savarkar by naming two of the newly built major flyovers in Bangalore and Mangalore after him. There was a huge uproar against this decision of the RSS-BJP government as many pro-Kannada organisations with opposition parties and liberal-secular organizations questioned the logic to[Read More…]
As a student of political science we have been familiar with Samuel Johnson’s amazing words on patriotism, an essential ingredient of nationalism. He wrote: ‘Patriotism is last refuge of scoundrel.’ History has been witness to the truthfulness of this dictum multiple times globally. Back at home what does it mean could be witnessed personally and closely by observing what RSS-BJP[Read More…]
Presently, the Indian defence paraphernalia is ranked as the fourth mightiest army in the world after USA, Russia and China with Japan at the fifth place. It has approximately 3,544,000 on roll, 1,444,000 being on active duty with 2,100,000 as reserve personnel.[i] It is credited with innumerable military operations of glory like Bangladesh War 1971, Kargil War 1999, surgical strikes[Read More…]
Let not communal forces undo the great heritage of joint sacrifices Large sections of Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs unitedly challenged the greatest imperialist power, Britain, during India’s First War of Independence which began on May 10, 1857; the day being Sunday. This extraordinary unity, naturally, unnerved the Firangees and made them realize that if their rule was to continue in[Read More…]
Debunking the Myths 
Riot, looting continues for 2nd night in Philadelphia following fatal police shooting, troops mobilized 
Caste In Heaven: Can Shudras And Dalits Find Moksha In Brahminism? 
Make Mankind Great Again! 
Dictatorship And Democracy As Loaded Language: Anti-Communist Cold-War Propaganda 
“Sugar” 
Menstrual Hygiene – Talk about what’s not comfortable! 
So You want to ally with the Dalit Rights Movement? 
Crunch Time 
How the War Came Home, Big Time – Perspectives From a Military Spouse 
Notes on US presidential election: Show of a politics 
Bhima Koregaon Case: A Critical Appraisal : Our Call – Free them All 
Ensuring Mental Health For All 
The Proletarian Uprising of Punnapra-Vayalar: 74 Years Later 
‘Night March – Among India’s Revolutionary Guerrillas’ 
Is it time to revisit the measures in India to prevent cruelty against animals? Stand With Stan: Release All Accused In The Bhima Koregaon Case 
Cultivated Lunacy, Nuclear Deterrence and Banning the Nuke 
70 Years after China and the DPRK Defeated the United States in Korea 
Hindutva: A Political and Economic Project of Shared Lies of Brahmanical Caste and Class Order in India 
Phenomenal Surge of Domestic Violence/Gender Violence: The Shadow Pandemic of Humanity 
No end in sight for Rohingya crisis 
Tribal health in India: An eternity of backwardness? 
Globalization and health: A glimpse into the developing nations 
Chile’s dream for an equal society 
The World is Changing: China Launches Campaign for Superpower Status 
Capitalism is double-billing us: we pay from our wallets only for our future to be stolen from us 
The Significance of 27th October, 1951 for Punjab 
Political Economy of Caste in India 
Innocence Lynched 
Need to update EIA norms for preserving biodiversity 
Muslim intellectuals, activists condemn Paris beheading, demand abolition of apostasy and blasphemy laws 
Dalits V/S Bahujan 
The Privileges Of A “Quota” Student Who Is “Not Poor” 
Reflections on the Instrument of J&K Accession 
The Dissent of Man –Asserting Humanity by Raising Voices 
Impunity and Carefree Violence: Australia’s Special Forces in Afghanistan 
So Trump Loses, What Happens Then? 
Liquid Capitalism: Everyone Drinks it, Swims in it, Drowns in it 
The Muslim World denounces French President’s remarks against Islam, its prophet 
This article is based on the 25th Chandrashekar Memorial Lecture delivered on 20 September 2020. The original lecture was delivered in Hindi and the event was organized by Punashcha, the Indian People’s Theater Association (IPTA) and Koshish. Friends, comrades gathered here; I am very honoured to be invited to deliver the Chandrashekhar Memorial Lecture this year but I cannot say[Read More…]
