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How the RSS changed its constitution to defend legal status and guru dakshina

Karnataka Home Minister Priyank Kharge’s persistent questioning of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s legal status appears to have forced a reckoning of sorts. The organisation’s chief Mohan Bhagwat and other senior functionaries have now claimed that these questions were settled decades ago and are offering “evidence” to that effect.

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From banned to behemoth: Unpacking the 100-year legacy of the RSS

In an era of high-octane Bollywood hagiographies – the latest example being Shatak featuring Ajay Devgn – and endorsements from film celebrities, the RSS is often presented through the lens of “selfless service”. But behind the nostalgia of khaki knickers and nationalist fervour lies a complex, century-old evolution.

Newslaundry

India is witnessing the slow-motion rise of fascism

Whenever mainstream politicians begin to mutter about infiltrators, fifth columnists and failed assimilation, that smell of sulphur is fascism in the air

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How Narendra Modi’s cult of personality was formed by a powerful Hindu nationalist group with a dark history

Narendra Modi’s right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has resorted to religious polarisation as it tries to rally its Hindu nationalist base in India’s ongoing general election, which ends on June 1.

The Conversation

Case against Digvijaya Singh over controversial FB post

The Indore police have registered a case against Congress veteran Digvijay Singh for allegedly sharing a controversial post on former Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief M.S. Golwalkar on social media, an officer said on Sunday.

The Hindu

M.P. police files FIR against Digvijaya Singh over controversial post on ex-RSS chief Golwalkar

Indore police have registered a case against Digvijaya Singh for allegedly sharing a controversial post on M.S. Golwalkar on social media, an official said on July 9, 2023

The Hindu

Denying States their own cultures

Governor Ravi’s argument defies the principle of the concept of linguistic States

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Q&A: ‘The word Hindu is Arabic. Why don’t they throw it out?’

The historian tells Al Jazeera lies and falsehoods are being glorified in textbooks by India’s right-wing government.

Al Jazeera

The Tricolour campaign and notes from the past

The mentors of the government of the day have long been opposed to the Tricolour as the national flag

The Hindu

The Dravidian movement and Aryan illusions

The gubernatorial remarks on Aryan-Dravidian differences can only be described as a case of historical negationism

The Hindu

Governor had ulterior motive in raising Aryan-Dravidian issue: Veeramani

‘R.N. Ravi has only expressed what RSS founder Golwalkar had said’

The Hindu

Sangh Parivar sharpens attack on V.D. Satheesan, accuses him of hypocrisy

Leaders post online photos of Satheesan attending Sangh Parivar events earlier

The Hindu

Opposition disrupts Assembly over Minister’s ‘anti-Constitutional’ speech

Speaker disallows motion during Question Hour

The Hindu

Opposition disrupts Kerala Assembly demanding Saji Cherian's resignation over alleged anti-constitutional remarks

Leader of the Opposition in Kerala Assembly V.D. Satheesan said Saji Cherian had echoed Golwalkar's opinion that the Constitution was a colonial bequest to the nation

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Commentary: White replacement theory is fascism’s new name

Since Anders Breivik killed 77 people in Norway in 2011, mass murders in the name of white replacement theory (WRT) have become prevalent. Many of these killers, including Breivik; Brenton Tarrant, the Christchurch shooter; and Payton Gendron, the suspect in the massacre in Buffalo, New York, are self-identified as fascists.

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