By Vanamali Mata Bharat (Ancient India) is the holy land – the land of the Gods – a country whose soil is imprinted with the sacred footprints of countless incarnations and great sages. They were the ones who gave us the rules of our dharma- the Sanathana Dharma. It is the ancient law of righteous living. […]
Musings on Hindutva
(CHAKRA Blogs) In the past decade, Hindutva and Hindutvadis have come under a lot of fire. This write-up is an attempt to clear some of the fog on why it happens, and some remedial measures against it. To begin with, in an Indian Supreme Court judgment delivered in 1995, it was ruled that “Ordinarily, Hindutva […]
Hindu Activism outside the Sangh Parivar
“An RSS man”, that is how the Indian media and the Western South Asia scholars label anyone known as or suspected of standing up for Hindu interests. In fact, there have always been Hindu activists outside the RSS Sangh, working as individuals or in smaller organizations. Today, the modernization of Indian society and especially the […]