Tag: Indian culture

RSS Chief’s Dussehra Delusions: Foreign conspiracies without evidence, foreign funds without scrutiny

Mohan Bhagwat has conflated a number of contemporary examples of protest to create a scary picture of political anarchy worldwide waiting to overwhelm India. In truth they are all different Bharat Bhushan Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Chief Mohan Bhagwat, alleged that “demonic forces” from the West were trying to “destabilise India” in his annual Dussehra… Read More RSS Chief’s Dussehra Delusions: Foreign conspiracies without evidence, foreign funds without scrutiny

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Kabir Project brings you Gulshan-e-Armaan, Delhi September 2026

Do spiritual seeking and social justice go together?Can the power of poems, stories and ideas be silenced?What does the mystic’s call to ‘give up your head’ truly mean? The Kabir Project brings you the story of an 18th century Sufi from Sindh, unraveling many questions for our times. Join us for an intimate evening of storytelling,… Read More Kabir Project brings you Gulshan-e-Armaan, Delhi September 2026

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वंदे मातरम: आनंदमठ से हिंदू राष्ट्र तक: शुद्धब्रत सेनगुप्त #kadwicoffee

वंदे मातरम: आनंदमठ से हिंदू राष्ट्र तक संसद का एक पूरा सत्र बीत गया. शिक्षा, रोज़गार, महंगाई पर बात लगभग नहीं हुई. आख़िरी दिन एक क़ानून आया — वंदे मातरम का संपूर्ण पाठ न गाना अब ‘राष्ट्रीय अपमान’ के दायरे में है. कड़वी कॉफ़ी की इस कड़ी में कलाकार, लेखक और रक़्स मीडिया कलेक्टिव से… Read More वंदे मातरम: आनंदमठ से हिंदू राष्ट्र तक: शुद्धब्रत सेनगुप्त #kadwicoffee

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Javed Akhtar & Pervaiz Alam on the Urdu Script Debate (June 28, 2026)

Javed Akhtar was handed the topic of the Urdu script problem. He opened by saying there is no problem with the script at all. In this Jashn-e-Rekhta session, Javed Akhtar sits with journalist Pervaiz Alam, former BBC Hindi broadcaster, for a sharp conversation on the Rasm-ul-Khat debate. His central point is simple. Script and language… Read More Javed Akhtar & Pervaiz Alam on the Urdu Script Debate (June 28, 2026)

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Lalitpur Killing Shows Caste Violence Is Sustained Through Everyday Humiliation

SHARMISTHA SHIVHARE – Published: 26 Jun 2026 On 14 June 2026, a Dalit man was killed, allegedly for refusing to massage a coworker’s feet, in Lalitpur, Uttar Pradesh. The setting of the crime scene was an informal get-together of four coworkers at one of the coworker’s residences in Civil lines. On refusing to massage his coworkers… Read More Lalitpur Killing Shows Caste Violence Is Sustained Through Everyday Humiliation

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भारतीय ज्ञान परंपरा या RSS का कोई छुपा हुआ एजेंडा? Indian Knowledge System: प्रो. पुरुषोत्तम अग्रवाल

NB: A profound reminder that our self-appointed decolonisers themselves need to decolonise their minds. DS भारतीय ज्ञान परंपरा और संघी एजेंडा पर समाजशास्त्री प्रो. पुरुषोत्तम अग्रवाल के तीखे सवाल। क्या हिंदुत्व एजेंडा के तहत सिर्फ वैदिक-ब्राह्मण परंपरा का महिमामंडन हो रहा है और बौद्ध, जैन तथा लोकायत जैसी लोक परंपराओं को दरकिनार किया जा रहा… Read More भारतीय ज्ञान परंपरा या RSS का कोई छुपा हुआ एजेंडा? Indian Knowledge System: प्रो. पुरुषोत्तम अग्रवाल

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Seeing Cuttack

Abinash Dash Choudhury Cuttack first came to me as a palimpsest of stories in which the personal, the historical, and the mythological mingled without clear distinction. From my father, I learnt that it was the city where my paternal grandfather spent his final days in penury, shuttling between his workplace in the Old Secretariat and… Read More Seeing Cuttack

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