After journalist Gauri Lankesh was shot three times, she tried to run into her house in Bengaluru but failed. She collapsed outside, where neighbours who heard the gunshots found her lying in a pool of blood. The killing, which has outraged journalists, activists, and citizens, was reportedly recorded by security[Read More…]
Tag: Right wing
Humans of Hindutva: Where humour unmasks religious propaganda
Following the trails of side-splitting parody, ‘Humans of Hindutva’, a Facebook page, also a burlesque of Indian right-wing ideology is flooding everyone’s newsfeeds. ‘Humans of Hindutva’ exclusively targeting the liberals, describe themselves as a ‘religious organization’. Their page description which reeks of political satire reads– ‘Laughter, empathy, fun and friendship[Read More…]
A right-wing outfit demands scrapping of Article 370
A right-wing group on Friday demanded to scrap Article 370 that grants special autonomous status to the state of Jammu and Kashmir. Additionally, they also asked the country to take the initiative to declare Pakistan a terrorist state. This outfit believes that providing a special status to Jammu and Kashmir[Read More…]
Abhinav Prakash: The right-wing Ambedkarite
Coming from a middle-class Dalit family in Uttar Pradesh, Abhinav Prakash saw the interplay of caste and class from a vantage point early in life. During his days in the Jawaharlal Nehru University, he got dismayed by the appropriation of the Dalit discourse by non-Dalits. With the belief that he[Read More…]
Rationalists’ murder: Bombay HC asks CBI, CID to work in co-ordination
The Bombay High Court on Friday asked the CBI and the Maharashtra CID to make “sincere and joint efforts” to trace the alleged absconding killers of Narendra Dabholkar and Govind Pansare. The Dhabolkar case is being investigated by the CBI and a special team of CID investigates the Pansare murder[Read More…]