Ashutosh Varshney in his article in Indian Express (Modi the Moderate) writes that “Modi may not have Vajpayee’s style but, substantively, his campaign over the last few months shows roughly similar traits.” Varshney gives instances of Modi paying tribute to Maulana Azad in one of his election speeches; stitching alliances with the dalit parties, including with those who fought against him and … Continue reading Has Modi moderated? – Irfan Engineer
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To pave the way for BJP leader Lal Krishna Advani’s national prime ministerial ambitions, the trail of blood which followed his Rath Yatra in 1989 and his signal contribution to the movement to violently pull down the Babri Masjid in 1992 were sought to be substantially erased from public memory by a systematic campaign of his re-invention as a moderate statesman. A similar … Continue reading How Clean Is the “Clean Chit” to Modi
Press Release By The Caravan | 5 February 2014 Swami Aseemanand, incarcerated in Ambala Central Jail for abetting terrorist attacks on various targets between 2006 and 2008—Samjhauta Express (February 2007), Hyderabad Mecca Masjid (May 2007), Ajmer Dargah (October 2007) and two attacks in Malegaon (September 2006 and September 2008)—which together took the lives of 119 people, has made a revelation to The Caravan which … Continue reading Swami Aseemanand Says the RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat Sanctioned Terrorist Attacks
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Opinion Polls way ahead of the next general elections predictedthree things: a sharp decline in the popularity of the ruling UPA, the failureof India’s main opposition to pick upsuccessfully on this disillusionment of the voter, and finally therefore a hugeuncertainty on what shape the next government will take and who will head it. The main opposition party, desperate to grab power, by fair meansor foul, … Continue reading Hatred and Bloodshed to win Votes – Teesta Setalvad
Doesn’t every country or nation, society or civilization have a need, an urge, a natural one if you like to glorify its past? Haven’t we all been disillusioned with and faulted, on valid grounds, the sanitised, drudgery that is being dished out to our hungry, fresh and eager minds under the epithet of the word ‘education’? Haven’t we all, also, been speaking of the urgent … Continue reading Preaching History – Teesta Setalwad
It was evening, history records, on that day in 531 B.C., when the 35-year-old Siddhartha Gautama settled himself under the spreading branches of a peepul tree here. For weeks, the young prince sat, meditating on the nature of death and life, and finding, in his contemplations, the path to immortality, or nirvana. In the course of his meditations, Gautama attained enlightenment and became the Buddha. … Continue reading Where Buddha’s Path Crosses the Hindu Cosmos: New York Times
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