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Gandhi Godse Ek Yudh (War of Ideologies) review – dangerously bland alternate history

In imagining a world where Gandhi and his killer learned to get along, Rajkumar Santoshi simplifies differences that remain perilous for India

The Guardian - UK

How Gandhi helped an ex-convict turn his life around

Is it fashionable to hate Gandhi? A number of think-pieces may suggest it is, with varying degrees of success. The rehabilitation of Gandhi’s assassin Nathuram Godse, even by Lok Sabha MPs, also contributes to this general sense, and no one knows it better than Milan Thakkar.

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Poet deplores display of Godse, Savarkar portraits

Tumari (Shivamogga)

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After Gurugram shows cancelled, Kunal Kamra dares VHP to denounce Godse

“I chant ‘Jai Shri Sita-Ram’ and ‘Jai Radha Krishna’ loudly and with pride. If you really are the children of India, write and send (messages of) ‘Godse Murdabad’. If you don’t, you will be perceived as anti-Hindu and supporters of terrorism”

The Hindu

Centre failed to ensure safety of Kashmiri Pandits: Owaisi

Hyderabad

The Hindu

We will live here, die here & be raised here: Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi

HYDERABAD: AIMIM president and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi has said that the foundation of India's freedom struggle has the blood of a large number of Muslim men and women and not that of Nathuram Godse and his followers.

The Times of India

The week in theatre: The Father and the Assassin; Celebrated Virgins; Legally Blonde

Gandhi’s murderer turns on the charm; the ladies of Llangollen come to vibrant life; and verdant Regent’s Park turns very pink

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The Father and the Assassin review – gripping tale of the man who killed Gandhi

Anupama Chandrasekhar artfully unpicks the forces of history with a tale of violence and colonialism that echoes into today

The Guardian - UK

The Father and the Assassin, National Theatre review: Gandhi tale is heavy on exposition but short on drama

Watching this play about Indian independence feels like having history explained to you, rather than being immersed in it

Evening Standard

The celebrated assassin: the play about Gandhi’s killer, still dividing India

Having written about sex tapes and the Delhi bus gang-rape, Anupama Chandrasekhar is tackling Nathuram Godse, the gunman who was raised as a girl – and is now a hero to Hindu nationalists

The Guardian - UK

Indian politician arrested for anti-Modi tweet

NEW DELHI: A state lawmaker in India was arrested for criticising Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Twitter, officials said, raising concerns over freedom of speech in the world’s largest democracy.

Bangkok Post

Coimbatore Police stop oath naming Godse as Mahatma Gandhi assassin

CPI(M) seeks action against officers.

The Hindu

Hindu Mahasabha pays tribute to Nathuram Godse

Right-wing group confers ‘Bharat Ratna’ on Kalicharan Maharaj

The Hindu

India: Gandhi’s killer Godse never left RSS, claims new book

Book Gandhi’s Assassin reveals Mahatma Gandhi’s killer Godse was a member of the Hindu supremacist organisation RSS.

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A true Hindutvavadi would have shot Jinnah and not Mahatma Gandhi, says Sanjay Raut

Sena MP Sanjay Raut quashes speculation of a reunion with BJP

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NCP MP, who played Godse in web series, under fire

His party colleague warns of protest against film

Newslaundry

How the Hindu man’s crisis of masculinity fuels Hindutva

As I browse my Twitter timeline, surfing through replies by people clearly identifying themselves as staunch Hindus and, more importantly, as Narendra Modi’s supporters, a common theme emerges: among other religious and political iconography, they use as their display pictures the image of an angry Hanuman’s face, bathed in half…

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