User:Kautilya3/sources/Hindutva

Colonial times



 * p.14: Turning to India, the other "beneficiary" of the Aryan model of history and the Oriental Renaissance—where a similar imbrication of "science" and politics acted as a powerful catalytic agent in the formation of a nationalist consciousness, particularly in enabling the colonized to articulate claims for equality and parity with the colonizers—the essay concludes by exploring how this model, via the notion of an autochtonous Aryan-Hindu culture overlaid and corrupted by an invading Islam, contributed to the growth of a right-wing exclusve Hindu nationalism to this day.

Hindu nationalism

 * pp. 50-51 for a devastating account of Hindu nationalism
 * pp. 50-51 for a devastating account of Hindu nationalism






 * pp. 124ff for Hindu nationalism, also Arun Shourie
 * pp. 124ff for Hindu nationalism, also Arun Shourie


 * pp. 126ff for Hindu nationalism, also Arun Shourie
 * pp. 126ff for Hindu nationalism, also Arun Shourie










 * purchased 23 November 2014, Amazon resellers, for 5.85
















 * p.165-67: ABVP and Jabalpur communal riot (1961)
 * p.167: ABVP and Aligarh communal riot (1961)
 * p.254: ABVP - strike in 1973
 * p.258: ABVP - Gujarat student agitation of 1973
 * p.258-60: ABVP and JP movement
 * p.302: ABVP growth in late 1970s


 * * Book extract from the Reader
 * * Book extract from the Reader




 * Jyotirmaya Sharma, Hindu nationalist politics (Review of The Sangh Parivar - A Reader), The Hindu, 27 September 2005.


 * pp. 214-215 for the RSS role as Raj Guru
 * pp. 214-215 for the RSS role as Raj Guru





Communalism





 * 2006: ISBN 0195683641
 * 2012: ISBN 0198077300
 * 2012: ISBN 0198077300








 * p.191 has an excellent summary of communalism in the modern times.


 * Dilip Simeon, Communalism in Modern India: A Theoretical Examination, South Asia Citizens Web, 4 August 2012.


 * Dilip Simeon, India: What is Communalism?, South Asia Citizens Web, 10 November 2013.



Contemporary Hindu nationalism

 * R. T. Krishnamachari, Call for an Intellectual Kshatriya, South Asia Analysis Group, 1 June 2004.


 * Pankaj Mishra, Modi's Idea of India, New York Times, 24 October 2014.



Hindu revivalism
- B. R. Purohit - Krishna Kumar (book) - Koenraad Elst - Andersen, Damle - Hindu Revivalism in Bengal (KK Ghatak, AP Sen, S Basu)
 * Top hits on Google Scholar:


 * Discussion of Hindu revivalism
 * Discussion of Hindu revivalism


 * p. 127 for Gandhi's revivalism
 * p. 127 for Gandhi's revivalism


 * p. 135 for Tilak
 * p. 135 for Tilak


 * p.116 for Hindu revivalism and Congress in the 19th century
 * p.116 for Hindu revivalism and Congress in the 19th century


 * p.140 for Hindu revivalism in Bengal
 * p.140 for Hindu revivalism in Bengal


 * p.139 for Hindu Mahasabha
 * p.139 for Hindu Mahasabha


 * p.92 for Hindu revivalism in Congress
 * p.92 for Hindu revivalism in Congress


 * p. 189 for revivalism ideas
 * p. 189 for revivalism ideas

Hindu tradionalism



 * discusses K. M. Munshi
 * discusses K. M. Munshi

Semitisation of Hinduism



 * Those Magnificent Invading Musical Muslims, Outlook, 7 November 2012


 * Semitization of Hinduism, Koenraad Elst


 * Hindutva Offensive Social Roots: Characterisation, R. R. Puniyani



General books covering Hindutva







 * p. 117 for Ayodhya, VHP, RSS and headbands
 * p. 117 for Ayodhya, VHP, RSS and headbands

Pre-1923 Hindutva

 * Unpacking The Phrase ‘Yankee Hindutva’, Shyam Sriram, Aerogram, 23 January 2015

Hinduva: Post-Golwalkar RSS



 * p.121 calls the Ahuja book "semi-official history of the BJP"




 * cited in Katju
 * cited in Katju


 * Mother Teresa to rivals and minorities: Saffron motormouths target all, Hindustan Times, 24 February 2015
 * (Mohan Bhagwat citing Hindutva and Hindu Rashtra)


 * The Hate-Minorities Message of the `RSS Bible', sabrang.com
 * Excerpts from Golwalkar


 * Sanatan Dharma can help unite world: Sudarshan, Hitavada, 15 August 2001, archived at Hindunet.org


 * Hindutva is India’s identity: RSS chief, The Hindu, 22 July 2013


 * Cultural identity of Indians is Hindutva - Mohan Bhagwat, The Hindu, 11 August 2014


 * All inhabitants of Hindustan should be known as Hindus: RSS chief, The Hindu, 12 August 2014


 * Hindutva is India’s identity, says Bhagwat, The Hindu, 18 August 2014


 * Dibyesh Anand, University of Westminster




 * purchased 18 march 2015, Amazon resellers, for 2.36


 * p. 11 (1937 on Google Books) for discussion of Hindutva and Sudarshan, Supreme Court judgment
 * Can read online in the bham library
 * Can read online in the bham library


 * p. 1 for "Hindutva, a cultural concept"
 * p. 1 for "Hindutva, a cultural concept"





Hindutva: Savarkar and Golwalkar









 * Analyses Hindutva, cultural nationalism and religious nationalism
 * Analyses Hindutva, cultural nationalism and religious nationalism




 * Kiran Saxena, “Hindutva of the Sangh Parivar and the Plural Society in India,” Class, Ideology and Political Parties in India, eds. Arun K. Jana and Bhupen Sarmah (Colorado Springs: International Academic Publishers LTD, 2002), 168.


 * Chandan Mitra, Bogeyman in Saffron, India Today, 9 April 2007.

Hindutva: BJP

 * BJP Philosophy of Hindutva


 * BJP on Hindutva (Cultural Naionalism)


 * The Hindutva Road, Frontline, 4 December 2004
 * Talks about the Palampur Resolution, 1989, where Hindutva was officially adopted by the BJP National Executive


 * We need to talk about this Manifesto, The Hindu, 7 April 2014
 * Talks about BJP manifestos including 1989


 * BJP may adopt separate resolution on Ayodhya, The Hindu, 16 July 2003
 * About Palampur resolution


 * p. 146ff for education policy, foreign policy etc.
 * p. 146ff for education policy, foreign policy etc.


 * Mentions that RSS does not contest elections, BJP is controlled by RSS etc.
 * BJP can appeal to both the Hindu vote as well as modern elites
 * BJP can appeal to both the Hindu vote as well as modern elites


 * p. 324 for Palampur Resolution. Also says BJP took aggressive Hindutva position in 1986, soon after Advani took over.
 * p. 324 for Palampur Resolution. Also says BJP took aggressive Hindutva position in 1986, soon after Advani took over.


 * p. 26 Mentions Advani's views on Buddhism from Hindutva point of view. Also cites the following
 * p. 26 Mentions Advani's views on Buddhism from Hindutva point of view. Also cites the following








 * purchased 18 April 2015, Amazon resellers, for 7.50






 * Tanika Sarkar's "Imagining Hindu Rashtra" is here. pp.162-184
 * Tanika Sarkar's "Imagining Hindu Rashtra" is here. pp.162-184


 * note 21, p. 615, talks about Girilal Jain
 * note 21, p. 615, talks about Girilal Jain

Hindutva judgement

 * The misuse and misinterpretation of a judgement SiliconIndia blog






 * analyses the Bommai case and the Hindutva case of the Supreme Court
 * analyses the Bommai case and the Hindutva case of the Supreme Court


 * Discusses the Supreme Court idea of Hindutva and Savarkar etc.
 * Discusses the Supreme Court idea of Hindutva and Savarkar etc.





Hindutva: news

 * Hindutva, sheet anchor of RSS, Zee News, 28 March 2011


 * Hinduism is a way of life, Zee News, 13 Feb 2014

Police discrimination



 * reviews



Hindu refugees

 * The nowhere people: Hindu families escaped from Pakistan, stranded in Delhi, Firstpost, 30 December 2014

Sangh Parivar




ABVP




Abhivakta Parishad and Abivakta Sangh

 * ‘RSS’ lawyers now move court to claim Taj Mahal, Deccan Chronicle, 26 March 2015.

Hindu Aikya Vedi

 * RSS to infuse young blood into Kerala BJP, The Hindu, 31 December 2015.


 * RSS pracharaks as BJP's state unit chiefs — exceptions or new trend?, DNA India, 31 December 2015.

Puranas




Veer Savarkar

 * Atheist fundamentalists, Times of India, 5 June 2010


 * `Savarkar cannot be a role model' (The Rediff interview/Bipan Chandra), Rediff, 3 March 2003


 * The Germination of Insecurity, Christophe Jaffrelot, Outlook, 30 December 2002
 * Review of Noorani's book on Savarkar





Hindu Mahasabha (current)

 * Hard times for hardline, Outlook, 1 November 2004


 * Muslims, Christians should be forcibly sterilised, says Hindu Mahasabha leader, Deccan Chronicle, 12 April 2015.


 * Hindu Mahasabha leader calls for forced sterilisation of Muslims, Christians to restrict growing population, IBN Live, 11 April 2015.

Savarkar

 * 'Real' Abhinav Bharat files PIL against misuse of its name, India Today, 17 November 2008





BJP & Jana Sangh: news

 * No Sangh influence, we all are RSS only: Rajnath, Hindustan Times, 25 November 2014


 * [http://www.outlookindia.com/news/article/Controversial-Remarks-by-Hindutva-Hardliners-Damaged-BJPs-Prospects-Naidu/882074
 * Controversial Remarks by Hindutva Hardliners Damaged BJP's Prospects: Naidu]


 * The RSS stranglehold on the BJP by Amulya Ganguli, IANS




 * Rakesh Sinha's take on RSS-BJP connections, including M. C. Sharma
 * Rakesh Sinha's take on RSS-BJP connections, including M. C. Sharma


 * -- brilliant column!


 * -- another brilliant column! Quotes M. C. Sharma


 * -- more recent column


 * for M. C. Sharma arrest







BJP: pre-2014







 * purchased 11 October 2014, Amazon resellers, for 4.99










 * purchased, Kindle, 2014-11-07, 14.41






 * purchased 26 February 2015, Amazon resellers, for 6.40




 * Vanamonde introduces the article here







BJP: 2014 onwards






BJP: Balraj Madhok




BJP: Advani

 * Advani salutes ‘secular’ Jinnah, The Telegraph, 5 June 2005.

VHP





 * Purchased, Kindle, 2014-08-24, 3.23
 * p. 3 VHP became important to BJP in early 80's, whose success owed to it.
 * p. 3 Defining the Hindu and Hindu leadership
 * p. 108 for "militant character"













VHP: News

 * One child, a threat to existence: VHP, Deccan Chronicle, 4 April 2015.


 * Growth of Muslim population a matter of concern: VHP, The Times of India, 28 August 2015.
 * VHP states that the growing Muslim population is a threat
 * Rakesh Sinha spoke on behalf of VHP.

Bajrang Dal

 * The Katiyar card, Frontline, 6 July 2002



Hindutva in America



















 * Sonal Shah renounces VHP affiliation, The Hindu, 12 December 2008.


 * No VHP Links, Our Family Condemns Gujarat Riots, Says Sonal Shah’s Brother, 3 Quarks Daily, 9 November 2008.


 * Ramesh Rao, Recasting Hinduism for the 21st Century, Guardian, 21 December 2010, retrieved 2015-10-21.


 * Rajiv Malhotra, Critique of Hindu American Foundation's Report on 'Caste', Medha Journal, 10 December 2013.






 * HAF Gala: Miss America Reveals Childhood of Isolation, India West, 24 September 2014.


 * "Coincidentally, in 1991, HAF founder Mihir Meghani founded the Hindu Student Council at the University of Michigan in 1991, while obtaining his undergraduate degree in biomedical sciences."


 * Intro to the Hindu(tva) American Foundation---Excerpts from an amicus curiae brief filed in the Superior Court of the state of California (Sacramento county) opposing Hindutva attempts to saffronise school textbooks in California, Sangh Samachar, 2007.


 * Mentions various Hindutva connections of HAF and other organisations

IDRF



 * A Factual Response to the Hate Attack on the India Development and Relief Fund (IDRF), Friends of India

Praveen Togadia


































Vanavasi Kalyan Ashram










Ekal Vidyalaya

 * Ekal Vidyalayas help increase attendance, The Hindu, 2 May 2012.


 * Hashmi, Arshad Masood. "The Role of Language in Peace Education." Asian Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies 2.6 (2014).



http://garph.co.uk/IJARMSS/Feb2015/13.pdf
 * Malpani, Sangeeta. "Rural Education Development Societies and their Positive Impact on Rural Development."


 * Zavos, John. "Situating Hindu nationalism in the UK: Vishwa Hindu Parishad and the development of British Hindu identity." Commonwealth & Comparative Politics 48.1 (2010): 2-22.


 * Thachil, Tariq. "Embedded Mobilization." World Politics 63.3 (2011): 434-69.


 * John, Maya. "Critiquing Reforms in Higher Education: Understanding the'Education Question'in India." Social Scientist (2013): 49-67. JSTOR=23610485



Swami Aseemanand

 * Swami Aseemanand's confession reveals Hindutva terror activities, The Hindu, 31 January 2011.







Anti-Christian Violence









 * Church set ablaze in Mandla district, The Times of India, 28 September 2014.


 * Church Attacked in Jabalpur, Christians Threaten to Shut Schools if Attackers Not Caught, NDTV, 22 March 2015


 * Fear Rules in Tribal Pockets of Madhya Pradesh After Attack on Churches, NDTV, 25 March 2015


 * 'Look at Your Own History and Relax a Bit': Jagdish Bhagwati Takes on Christian Response to Attacks, NDTV, 31 March 2015.


 * Church, school vandalised in Madhya Pradesh, Indian Express, 12 April 2015.


 * Church attack-accused meets Pravin Togadia, Indian Express, 12 April 2015.

Hindu Dharma Sena

 * Christians organize rally to protest against church attacks in Chattisgarh, 7 October 2005.


 * Dharma Sena Beaten up Christians in Madhya Pradesh and latter Charged with Force Conversion, All India Christian Council, 2 January 2007.


 * Yuletide Carol-Singers Arrested, Church Burned in India, International Christian Response, 2 January 2007.


 * VHP-backed outfit attacks Christians, The Hindu, 3 April 2007.


 * RSS sets up 'Defence Army'; prepares village cadres for conversion of tribals to Hinduism, Milli Gazette, 26 May 2004.


 * India's Christians see rise in hostility by Hindu extremists, Christian Science Monitor, 6 February 2008.


 * Hindu outfit opposes Christian as Chhattisgarh chief secy, The Times of India, 2 August 2008.


 * CHRISTIANS IN INDIA FEAR BACKLASH AT MASSIVE 'RECONVERSION' EVENT, Open Doors USA, 9 February 2011.


 * Malegaon blasts case: Political patronage of ATS investigation, TwoCircles.net, 27 June 2014.


 * MP: Congress delegation meets DGP, asks for tough action against Dharma Sena, Hindustan Times, 23 March 2015.

Swami Lakshmananda and Kandhamal

 * Swami Lakshmanananda murder: Six years gone, inquiry on, no justice Niti Central
 * For God's Sake, India Today, 12 September 2008.
 * Balance of Terror, India Today, 16 October 2008.
 * Nun's tale haunts humanity in Kandhamal, India Today, 26 October 2008.
 * Conversion to Hinduism a condition for Christians to return home in Kandhamal, The Hindu, 1 October 2008.
 * A run-in at Raikia, Frontline, 25 Sep 2004
 * Project Orissa, Frontline, 13-26 Sep 2008
 * Maoist hand? Frontline, 13-26 Sep 2008
 * Communal card, Frontline, 13-26 Sep 2008
 * Parivar's plans, Frontline, 13-26 Sep 2008
 * Second link in the chain, Frontline, 13-26 Sep 2008
 * Being a minority, Frontline, 13-26 Sep 2008
 * Shock and pain, Frontline, 13-26 Sep 2008
 * Camps of fear, Frontline, 25 Oct 2008
 * Chilling memories, Frontline, 14-27 Feb 2009
 * Split and hope, Frontline, 11-24 Apr 2009


 * Preliminary Findings & Recommendations - The National People’s Tribunal on Kandhamal, available at South Asia Citizens Web, 29 August 2010.


 * From Kandhamal to Karavali: The Ugly Face of the Sangh Parivar, available at South Asia Citizen's Web, March 2009.


 * India, Politics by Other Means: Attacks against Christians in India, Human Rights Watch, October 1999.






 * p. 39 for Kandhamal violence
 * p. 40 for Lakshmanananda
 * p. 40 for Lakshmanananda





Ghar Wapsi



 * (originally in) The Resources of History: Tradition, Narration and Nation in South Asia (1999): 128-38.


 * See also Jaffrelot, Religion, Caste and Politics, chapter on conversion issues.










 * The politics of othering, Charu Gupta, Indian Express, 20 December 2014.


 * Anti-Conversion and Ghar Wapsi, Or Hindutva’s Doublespeak: Charu Gupta, Kafila.org, 29 December 2014


 * 'Reconversion' Paradoxes, Christopher Jaffrelot, Indian Express, 7 January 2015


 * The Real & Insidious Nature of `Ghar Wapsi' Campaign, Peoples Democracy, 29 March 2015.

Agra Conversions 2014

 * BJP left red-faced over forced conversions after 'leaked letter' from RSS-linked group asks for money to fund ceremonies, Mail Online India, 12 December 2014


 * 'We will free India of Muslims and Christians by 2021': DJS leader vows to continue 'ghar wapsi' plans and restore 'Hindu glory', Mail Online India, 19 December 2014


 * Ghar vapasi in Agra: The unlevel field in Muslim, Christian and Hindu conversion, Firstpost, 12 December 2014


 * Ghar Vapsi: Civil society needs to challenge RSS's conversion agenda, Firstpost, 14 December 2014


 * ‘Conversions’: A lot of homework goes into ‘ghar wapsi’, Times of India, 14 December 2014.


 * RSS affiliate puts conversion drive on hold, Hindustan Times, 17 December 2014


 * RSS cancels Aligarh ‘ghar wapsi’ event, Indian Express, 17 December 2014


 * Gujarat conversions spark anger, Hindustan Times, 21 December 2014


 * Valsad Conversions Spark Anger, NDTV, 21 December 2014


 * Let secular parties support anti-conversion bill: Amit Shah, Times of India, 21 December 2014


 * End of minority outreach? Ghar Wapsi dents morale of BJP Muslim leaders, Firstpost, 22 December 2014


 * India Lawmakers Demand Modi Speak on Hindu Conversions, New York Times, 22 December 2014


 * Modi Struggles With Hindu Extremists, Newsweek, 23 December 2014


 * Kerala conversions: Is Ghar wapsi in state part of BJP’s plan of Hindu consolidation?, Firstpost, 22 December 2014


 * Mum is the word: Is PM Modi deliberately quiet on conversion row?, Firstpost, 24 December 2014


 * VHP plans 'ghar wapsi' in 5 Kerala districts today, Times of India, 25 December 2014


 * More Religious Conversions in Kerala, Government Maintains Distance, NDTV, 25 December 2014


 * India was a Buddhist country: Maharashtra OBCs plan 'ghar wapsi' from Hinduism, Firstpost, 30 December 2014


 * Minorities commission says Agra Muslims had ‘not converted’, Times of India, 2 February 2015




 * Ghar wapsi: UP panel blames 'BJP conspiracy' and intelligence failure, Firstpost, 2 February 2015


 * Gharwapsi: UP Minority Commission blames BJP 'conspiracy', intel failure, DNA India, 2 February 2015


 * Commission blames BJP for Muslim conversion controversy, Financial Express, 3 February 2015


 * Come clean on religious conversions in Agra, Aligarh: BJP tells Akhilesh, FirstPost, 3 February 2015


 * Togadia says VHP against conversions, Times of India, 24 February 2015


 * Ghar Wapsi: Uttar Pradesh Minorities Commission says 50 families were 'lured' into conversion, Mail Today, 3 February 2015

Hindu Helpline










Hindu Munnani




News

 * Malegaon Case: NIA Drops All Charges Against Sadhvi And Five Others, Outlook, 13 May 2016.

Books

 * table of contents
 * Saffron terror
 * Malegaon, Modasa and Mehrauli Blasts: The Hindutva Connection?
 * Resurgent Hindutva Terror in Goa
 * Is RSS a Terrorist Organisation?
 * Zeyaul Haque, Book review of Who killed Karkare?
 * Zeyaul Haque, Book review of Who killed Karkare?




 * purchased, 2014-12-14, Abe books, 7.11

B L Sharma

 * VHP prevails as BJP gives ticket to BL Sharma, DNA, 19 March 2009


 * I will hire a jeep and a typewriter and visit houses to connect with youths, Indian Express, 24 March 2009


 * 2006-2007




 * Hindutva-Terrorism's New Signature, Subhash Gatatde, Counter Currents, 12 October 2007


 * 2008
 * Silent emergence of Hindu Terrorism, Subhash Gatade, Counter Currents, 29 June 2008


















 * Outlook, 24 November 2008 - special issue on Saffron in Uniform


 * Rajdeep Sardesai, Voting with our heads, Hindustan Times, 12 December 2008.


 * 2009


 * Ajmer Blasts: Revisiting Hindutva Terror, Subhash Gatade, Counter Currents, 2 May 2009




 * 2010
 * Tufail Ahmad, Discussing the Phenomenon of `Hindu Terrorism' in India, Middle East Media Research Institute, 22 November 2010.


 * Subhash Gatade, Pracharak as Terrorist: On the Bhasmasur of Hindutva Terror Counter Currents, 13 July 2010.












 * 2011
 * The Unturned Stone (Hindutva Terror Tapes), Tehelka, 1 January 2011






 * Supreme Court ruling comes as reprieve for 14 languishing in jail after 2008 Jaipur serial blasts, The Hindu, 8 February 2011




 * 2012


 * Why the Malegaon proble needs to go beyond Col Purohit, Tehelka, 14 July 2012






 * 2014


 * The Unending Amnesia over Hindutva Terror, Gatade




 * Hindu nationalism and Violence: From Revolution to Terrorism, Christophe Jaffrelot, plan of a book






 * p. 21 for Abhinav Bharat
 * p. 21 for Abhinav Bharat


 * p.40 for Abhinav Bharat
 * p.40 for Abhinav Bharat


 * see also Prabhu Bapu




 * 2015
 * The meaning very clearly was, don’t get us favourable orders: Malegaon SPP Rohini Salian, The Indian Express, 13 October 2015.


 * Malegaon case: Was there a 'message from top' to Rohini Salian, asks Congress, Firstpost, 25 Jun 2015


 * NIA seeks directions from Home Ministry to denotify former prosecutor Rohini Salian, The Economic Times, 9 July 2015.


 * Malegaon descends on Mumbai to thank Salian, The Indian Express, 10 July 2015.


 * First hearing held in Malegaon case after Salian’s statement, The Indian Express, 11 July 2015.


 * Subhash Gatade, Modasa - It is just a beginning, CounterCurrents.org, 15 July 2015.


 * Rohini Salian: Tough lawyer who leaves womanhood at home, The Indian Express, 25 June 2015.


 * EXCLUSIVE | The meaning very clearly was, don’t get us favourable orders: Malegaon SPP Rohini Salian, The Indian Express, 25 June 2015.


 * Ajaz Ashraf, Forget 'sickularists'; Vyapam, Malegaon reveal RSS' true nemesis is the 'pucca' Hindu, Firstpost, 21 July 2015.

Gatade book



 * purchased, 2014-10-25, Abe books, 4.75




 * Subhash Gatade bio, Three Essays Collective


 * Gatade's books uncover realities of caste and communalism SACW, 19 February 2013


 * What Gujarat Does Today, Subhash Gatade, Caravan, 19 September 2014













Hemant Karkare

 * Digvijay Singh wonders why his comments trigger controversies, Indian Express, 6 November 2011




 * purchased, 2014-12-14, Abe books, 1.77


 * Lapidomedia (UK)


 * Salaskar's assistant gives graphic account of 26/11 gunbattle, Indian Express, 24 July 2009


 * Karkare wanted to rejoin RAW: Friend, Indian Express, 23 November 2009


 * Karkare was killed due to defective bullet proof vest: PIL, Indian Express, 13 November 2009

History writing




History textbooks










saffronisation terminology



 * p.128: The ochre coloured flag of the Marathas is popularly known as the bhagva zenda. In the opinion of G. S. Sardesai it was Shahaji, father of Shivaji the Great, who used the bhagva zenda. The ochre coloured flag, thus, was the flag of the Chatrapati Bhosale family and was in use before Shivaji and Ramdas were even born.


 * Brand BJP strips lotus logo of colour



History, ICHR (saffronisation)



 * -- Excellent book on Joshi HRD


 * Excellent book on Joshi HRD
 * Excellent book on Joshi HRD








 * Gujarat text books

saffronisation, NCERT, round 1



 * p. 209 mentions that Morarji Desai got an anonymous note, believed to be written by Nanaji Deshmukh, a general secretary of the Janata Party
 * p. 209 mentions that Morarji Desai got an anonymous note, believed to be written by Nanaji Deshmukh, a general secretary of the Janata Party

















saffronisation, round 2, ICHR

 * The Hindutva takeover of ICHR, Frontline, 4 July 1998










 * purchased, 2014-11-19, Abe books, 2.46


 * p. 190 talks about saffron headbands of "Thuggish and undisciplined" Bajrang Dal gangs, created by the VHP in 1984.
 * p. 190 talks about saffron headbands of "Thuggish and undisciplined" Bajrang Dal gangs, created by the VHP in 1984.


 * purchased 12 November 2014, Amazon resellers, for 1.44

saffronosation, round 2, NCERT

 * On Outlook, look for the tag School textbooks and controversies






 * Writing History of India and dangers from the far right: Web resources, South Asia Citizens Web






















 * p.85: Shakti is power. Indira Gandhi seems to have been fascinated by this equation... She may have seen herself as the shakti of India. At any rate, she was often associated with shakti in the collective Indian imagination. Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, then a Jana Sangh leader, compared her to Durga when she declared war on Pakistan in 1971 and led India to victory.




 * Books of bias and errors, Frontline, 30 August 2003.
 * A precis of the IHC report on the NDA history textbooks.


 * Vishal Arora, Religion Reporting in India, Oxford Centre for Religion and Public Life, 7 September 2007.

Saffronisation, round 2, tribals

 * Saffronising the Tribal Heartland, Frontline, 26 March 2004.

saffronisation, round 3, ICHR

 * Government of India resolution on ICHR membership, 24 February 2015.


 * As ICHR takes right turn, journal editor Sabyasachi Bhattacharya quits, Hindustan Times, 16 April 2015.


 * RSS struggles to find 680 saffron-leaning people for top academic posts, DNA India, 9 April 2015.


 * ICHR debate on Aryan invasion theory cut short, The Hindu, 28 March 2015.


 * ICHR historian Dilip K Chakrabarti raises objection on David Frawley's invitation, Economic Times, 27 March 2015.


 * ICHR invites US vedic scholar for foundation day event, sparks row, Hindustan Times, 17 March 2015.


 * Saffronizing ICHR will alter the foundation of Indian history, Times of India, 7 March 2015. (Quotes K. N. Panikkar)


 * Saffron hue in revamped ICHR, The Hindu, 2 March 2015.


 * ICHR set to get scholars sceptical of 'European models', Hindustan Times, 1 February 2015.


 * Four RSS members SC Mittal, Nikhilesh Guha, Ishwar Sharan Vishwakarma and Narayan Rao find place in top panel of ICHR, Economic Times, 31 January 2015.


 * ICHR chief Sudershan Rao recommends 3 RSS historians to top panel, Economic Times, 14 January 2015.


 * History turns a battleground at ICHR meet; Belgian Professor’s provocative take on Indian historians, Economic Times, 13 November 2014.


 * Saffronising history? Members of RSS-backed outfit in re-constituted ICHR team, MSN News,


 * Members of RSS-backed body in new ICHR team, Business Standard, 2 March 2015.


 * Planes discovered in Vedic age, it could fly between planets, says speaker at Indian Science Congress, Firstpost, 26 December 2014
 * also has a beautiful quote from Sudershan Rao


 * Now, the real agenda, Frontline, 26 December 2014


 * The Hindutva Project: Distorting history, manufacturing culture, Frontline, 26 December 2014


 * Academics must question more: Romila, The Hindu, 27 October 2014

saffronisation, round 3, Education

 * State Ministers, Government of Rajasthan, retrieved 2015-04-05


 * RSS strikes again: 'Foreigners' Isaac Newton, Pythagoras to be chucked out of Rajasthan text books, Firstpost, 7 April 2015.








 * Saffronising textbooks: Where myth and dogma replace history, Hindustan Times, 8 December 2014


 * Saffronising Education: Twisted texts, Frontline, 26 December 2014


 * Ram Madhav, Samvada.org, 23 March 2014


 * Is the RSS running the Narendra Modi government? Rediff, 3 August 2014


 * Sanskrit a must for KVs, Indian Express, 24 November 2014
































 * G. Pramod Kumar, RSS attack on IIM, IIT: PM Modi, the Sangh Parivar will destroy your 'Make in India' dream, Firstpost, 21 July 2015.

California textbook controversy



 * Nalini Taneja, A saffron assault abroad, Frontline, 14 January 2006.












 * Now, Multicultural Hindutva, Outlook, 7 February 2006.
 * (very good coverage)


 * South Asian Community Debates 'South Asia,' 'India' Ahead of Textbook Updates, NBC News, 16 May 2016.


 * Jennifer Medina, California to Revise How India Is Portrayed in Textbooks, The New York Times, 19 May 2016.


 * Akhilesh Pillalamarri, South Asia or India: An Old Debate Resurfaces in California, The Diplomat, 24 May 2016.

ABISY












Yellapragada Sudershan Rao



















 * Good quotes from historians in this article







journal/book articles
































Vidya Bharati: books












Vidya Bharati: news




Vidya Bharati: Magazine articles




Dinanath Batra






Krishna Kumar

 * Krishna Kumar interview

Think tanks

 * Rise of Rightwing thought: Will Modi sarkar usher in a new mainstream?, Firstpost, 19 June 2014.

Vivekananda Kendra



 * Jaigopal Garodia obituary













Vivekananda International Foundation

 * From Vivekananda to PMO stars: Meet Modi's favourite think tank, Firstpost, 17 June 2014.


 * In the right place, Business Standard, 7 June 2014.

Ajit Doval

 * Doval's comments raise serious misgivings, Gulf News, 20 May 2015.

VKV schools

 * 22 VKV's










 * Jaigopal Garodia obituary

India Foundation

 * Right-wing think-tanks eat into Left's mindspace, Daily News and Analysis, 14 September 2014.


 * Ideas of India, The Indian Express, 11 November 2016.

Pragna Bharati

 * He seems related to Tripuraneni Gopichand
 * He seems related to Tripuraneni Gopichand


 * Literature is social documentation, The Hindu, 11 Sep 2011


 * covers Hanuman Chowdary
 * covers Hanuman Chowdary


 * Of Rahul Gandhi's Lies and Communists' Opportunism by T. H. Chowdary, Freedom First, May 2014


 * HC stays govt funds for church repairs, Times of India, 8 September 2009


 * Unwilling to fight discrimination against Hindus, Vijayavaani.com, 3 Feb 2010


 * A swayam sevak replies to Javed Anand, Secularism Combat blog, 9 November 2009


 * Mode meets leaders, ... after landing in Hyderabad, Firstpost, 11 August 2013


 * p. 183 for T. H. Chowdary bio
 * p. 183 for T. H. Chowdary bio

(Tripuraneni Hanuman Chowdary)


 * p. 311 for T. H. Chowdary bio
 * p. 311 for T. H. Chowdary bio







RSS: journals







 * purchased, 2014-10-17, Abe books, 8.00

RSS: news

 * RSS on the rampage, India Today, 28 September 1998.




 * Know the RSS, by Shamsul Islam, Milli Gazette










 * covers Bhaiyaji Joshi (general secretary)
 * covers Ram Madhav
 * has stats 2500 pracharaks, had to close 47,000 shakhas in 2005-06, 39,000 in 2013
 * has stats 2500 pracharaks, had to close 47,000 shakhas in 2005-06, 39,000 in 2013




 * says 60% of BJP people have Sangh background
 * says 60% of BJP people have Sangh background























RSS: violence






RSS: testimonies















 * purchased 13 October 2014, Amazon resellers, for 12.69


 * Is this the article that mentions that Golwalkar wasn't a patriot?






 * Converting Hindus to Hindutva: Interview with D. R. Goyal, writer and historian, Frontline, 12 September 2009.







RSS: books

 * contains a high level summary of partition violence
 * contains a high level summary of partition violence








 * Romesh Bhandari, Momories of another day (Book review: Rajeshwar Day's `A Life of Our Times', India Today, 31 August 1998.










 * p. 140 for paramilitary RSS
 * p. 140 for paramilitary RSS


 * p. 171 for RSS constitution; and a great summary of RSS ideology
 * p. 171 for RSS constitution; and a great summary of RSS ideology






 * book review of Partha Banerjee
 * book review of Partha Banerjee






 * pp.97-98
 * p. 108 for Bhai Parmanand and Arya Samaj
 * p. 32 for Bhai Parmanand as President of HM in 1933
 * p. 41 for Bhai Parmanand succeeded by Savarkar in 1937
 * p. 118 for 'Savarkarism'
 * p. 118 for 'Savarkarism'




 * purchased 9 November 2014, Kindle, for 2.63






 * p.19


 * purchased 26 October 2014, Amazon resellers, for 0.89








 * Seems like a nice overview of Hindu Right
 * Seems like a nice overview of Hindu Right






 * pp.116-117 for RSS & VHP discussions




 * p.162 for Godse












 * pp. 201-202


 * purchased, 2014-10-17, Abe books, 32.00










 * p. 46 for Hari Singh
 * p. 46 for Hari Singh


 * Book review of Kelkar's Lost Years


 * Book review on Livemint


 * Book review on Sunday Indian


 * Review in Hindu Business Line


 * article in Firstpost on the Kelkar questions







RSS: independence movement

 * Not a negative role, Rakesh Sinha, Hindustan Times, 5 September 1997, archived at Hindu Vivek Kendra

RSS: Gandhi assassination

 * Gopal Godse has said in 1994 that Nathuram Godse had been a member of the RSS and a baudhik karyavah (intellectual secretary) of the RSS when he started working for the Hindu Mahasabha in 1944. He said that Nathuram had falsely claimed in court that he had left the RSS in order to save trouble for the RSS, but he never left it.  Gopal Godse accused RSS of cowardice for having disowned Nathuram Godse.








 * p. 249: In the early 1940s Godse left the RSS to form a militant organization, Hindu Rashtra Dal, aimed at miltitarizing the mind and conduct of Hindus...
 * p. 262: about Koenraad Elst


 * Desh Bhakt Nathuram Godse lands in soup, suit filed against the film, India TV, 1 January 2015


 * Pune court to hear suit against Godse film, The Hindu, 25 December 2014


 * Martyrs’ Day vs Shaurya Diwas, Times of India, 24 December 2014


 * Hindu Mahasabha to release Godse film on January 30, The Hindu, 20 December 2014




 * The BJP and Nathuram Godse, Frontline, 8 February 2013


 * Savarkar's unparalleled record!, Frontline, 8 February 2013


 * Has a lot of information about Godse and Apte
 * No page numbers, but look for Hindu Rashtra Dal and Savarkarite
 * No page numbers, but look for Hindu Rashtra Dal and Savarkarite












 * - woun't be suitable for WP







RSS: Hedgewar and Rakesh Sinha







 * purchased, Kindle, 2014-11-02, 3.18


 * Congress not RSS practicing religious polarization: Rakesh Sinha


 * Indian concept of nation is different from the West - samvada.org


 * Unravelling the poisonous power discourse - organiser.org


 * Indian secularism is under threat from fanatical proponents - Organiser.org


 * Will they come out in the open? - Organiser

RSS: Golwalkar

 * When Shri Guruji refused to see Jagjiwan Ram - Organiser, 2007 refers to Vasantrao Oak





















Hindu Swayamsevek Sangh



 * HSS in Nepal


 * Yubaraj Ghimire, The RSS In Nepal, Outlook, 23 May 2005.


 * Manoj Dahal, The Death Of Vishnu, Outlook, 5 June 2006.


 * RSS to Join Rescue, Relief Operations in Nepal, Outlook, 26 April 2015.


 * 'RSS Volunteers Assisted in Nepal Relief Work', Outlook, 18 May 2015.


 * Post Bahadur Basnet, Segueing To Saffron?, Outlook, 17 August 2015.


 * Parivar's Foreign Links, Outlook, 8 March 2004.









Organiser and Panchjanya






Hindusthan Samachar





 * p.19: A news agency - Hindusthan Samachar was first established, as a centre for disseminating its fascist and communal propaganda and to provide a fast communication and publicity media to the political front of RSS - the Jana Sangh.

RSS pracharaks

 * Bhaiyyaji Joshi re-elected RSS general Secretary, The Hindu, 15 March 2015
 * RSS grip over Modi govt. to stay, The Hindu, 15 March 2015


 * Rise of the Pracharak, India Today, 27 November 2014


 * Sangh in their Soul, Outlook, 25 September 2000


 * Ram Madhav and others (All the Modi men), The Telegraph, 6 April 2014


 * Ram Madhav and other articles on RSS-Arjun Singh spat, Outlook, 20 August 2004


 * Ram Madhav: From RSS pracharak to Modi's ambassador at large, Rediff, 29 November 2014


 * Ram Madhav to join BJP, NDTV, 8 July 2014


 * Mail Online India, 7 July 2014


 * RSS leader Ram Madhav joins BJP, Zee News, 10 July 2014


 * Politicos react sharply to Ram Madhav joining BJP, Zee News, 7 July 2014


 * Nothing new in RSS workers being deputed to BJP: Ram Madhav, Zee News, 8 July 2014


 * Ram Madhav, DNA 7 July 2014


 * The International News Islamabad, 3 September 2014


 * Jagannathrao Joshi - Organiser, 1 August 2010


 * Contemporary history repraised - Organiser, 2004
 * mentions Hedgewar, Golwalkar, Rajju Bhaiya, Madavrao Mule, Vasantrao Oak, Yadavrao Joshi, Lakshmanrao bhide, Moropant Pingle, Mahatma Chamanlal and Eknath Ranade


 * A birth anniversary tribute Madhavrao Mule: The Sangh builder - Organiser, 2006


 * Sangh tied up in knots on marriage, The Telegraph, 6 September 2005


 * L. K. Advani
 * Supreme Court proposes negative vote, L. K. Advani's blog, 6 October 2013


 * Sunder Singh Bhandari
 * A martinet with a penchant for poetry, Tribune, 4 October 1998
 * (also mentioned Kushabhau Thakre, J. P. Mathur, Govindacharya)


 * Kailashpati Mishra
 * Patriarch who built RSS, BJP base dies, The Telegraph, 4 November 2012


 * BJP leader Kailashpati Mishra passes away, Times of India, 4 November 2012


 * Ram Madhav
 * The Pracharak is going Places, Outlook, 8 December 2014


 * Murli Manohar Joshi


 * Pramod Mahajan


 * Sri Ram Sene
 * 


 * Pyarelal Khandelwal
 * 


 * Bhanupratap Shukla
 * Times of India
 * Organiser


 * Sanjay Joshi
 * 


 * Sunil Joshi
 * 


 * Muralidhar Rao
 * * K. N. Govindacharya removed as Pracharak
 * 


 * K. G. Rastogi
 * 


 * K. Purkayastha
 * 


 * Premnath Dogra
 * 


 * Jyoti Swaroop
 * . Also covered


 * Kidarnath Sahni,
 * Prem Chand Goel, A-B Sewa Pramukh
 * Surya Krishnan, senior pracharak
 * Anil Kant, Delhi prant pracharak
 * Ramesh Prakash, former Delhi prant sanghachalak
 * SS Agarwal, sah-prant sanghachalak
 * Shrikrishna Baweja, kshetra pracharak pramukh


 * Manohar Lal Khattar, Ram Bilas Sharma (Haryana)
 * 

Deendayal Upadhyaya




M. G. Chitkara

 * Books by Chitkara at Jain Book Agency

Muslim Rashtriya Manch

 * Hate speeches, love jihad, talaaq discussed in Muslim Rashtriya Manch conference, DNA India, 21 September 2014










 * RSS MRM "Muslim Rashtriya Manch" Pakistan Defence Forum, 29 June 2012


 * RSS, VHP, friends of Muslims: Muslim Rashtriya Manch, Tworcles.net, 17 February 2011







Indresh Kumar

 * Meet RSS' Muslim foot soldiers: 'Will leave no stone unturned in backing BJP', Firstpost, 11 November 2014









Yogi Adityanath



 * Activist writes to minority commission against Yogi Adityanath, demands FIR for hate-speech, India Today, 28 August 2014


 * Saffron War - Radicalization of Hinduism


 * Hindu Yuva Vahini videos

Navnirman Sena (UP), Amit Jani

 * Miscreants vandalise Mayawati''s statue in Lucknow, Top News, 26 July 2012.


 * called a regional radical outfit


 * Nav Nirman Sena gave ultimatum to remove statues an hour before vandals struck, The Hindu, 27 July 2012.


 * The DGP, however, said Amit Jani alias Amit Agrawal, son of Lakhi Chand, resident of 331, Shiv Shakti Nagar, Brahmapuri in Meerut has criminal antecedents.


 * The vandals, masquerading as photographers struck at around 1 p.m. and sped away on motorbikes even before the personnel of the special security force — set up by Ms. Mayawati in her last regime to guard the BSP monuments — could react to the incident.


 * Vandals chief an SP man, The Indian Express, 27 July 2012.


 * In 2011,he formed the UP Navnirman Sena,purportedly to counter the anti-north Indian campaign by the Shiv Sena in Maharashtra. He has a website,www.amitjani.in,where the SP election symbol,cycle,is prominently displayed.


 * Although Samajwadi Party spokesperson Rajendra Choudhary said he knew nothing about Amit Jani,president of the little-known Uttar Pradesh Navnirman Sena that vandalised BSP president Mayawatis statue today,he is a member of the ruling party,and his Facebook account has his photos with SP president Mulayam Singh,PWD Minister Shivpal Yadav and other SP leaders.


 * Also, he has seven criminal cases registered against him in Meerut,Jyotiba Phule Nagar (JP Nagar) and Dehradun on charges including theft, dacoity, robbery and attempt to murder.


 * Sources said Jani was once associated with the Indian National Lok Dal of Om Prakash Chautala. Later, he came close to SP MLC SP MLC from Meerut Sarojini Agarwal and became part of SP in 2010.


 * Damage-control rush after Mayawati statue is damaged, The Indian Express, 27 July 2012.


 * The police found two rucksacks, one hammer, and some handbills of UP Navnirman Sena from the spot. The handbill said the SP had promised to destroy Mayawati's statues but was not doing so now.


 * Runaway Jani arrested from Gurgaon mall, The Times of India, 28 July 2012.
 * Runaway Jani arrested from Gurgaon mall, The Times of India, 28 July 2012.


 * Statue vandalisation case: prime accused remanded, The Hindu, 29 July 2012.


 * The prime accused in the Mayawati statue vandalisation case, Amit Jani and two of his accomplices, Rajendra Singh alias Ferrari and Qasim Ali have been remanded in 14-day judicial custody by a trial court here on Saturday.


 * Mr. Jani told reporters that he had no regrets for the incident.


 * Nathuram Godse temple: Uttar Pradesh Navnirman Sena criticises Hindu Mahasabha, The Financial Times, 19 January 2015.


 * UPNS to hold mahapanchayat against 'Godse temple' tomorrow, DNA India, 3 January 2015.


 * UPNS on December 28 had said that they will not let a temple dedicated to Godse be constructed in the district.


 * Meerut villagers rally against Godse temple, The Hindu, 5 January 2015.


 * The ‘Jansamvad’ rally, organised by the Uttar Pradesh Navnirman Sena at Rohat, was attended by those of 20 villages in Meerut district.


 * The controversy over the Hindu Mahasabha’s plan to build a temple for Nathuram Godse, the assassin of Mahatma Gandhi, took a new turn on Sunday when thousands of villagers resolved at a rally here that they would not allow the temple to come up.


 * UP Navnirman Sena to challenge bail plea of Kamlesh Tiwari, Business Standar, 23 December 2015.


 * The Uttar Pradesh Navnirman Sena today said it would oppose the bail plea of Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha leader Kamlesh Tiwari, arrested for his alleged derogatory remarks against the Muslim community.


 * Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha leader Tiwari was arrested in Lucknow on December 2, two days after he made the alleged derogatory remarks against the Muslim community which led to massive protests here and various other regions of the country.


 * Jani said his outfit does not differentiate between people like AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi and Tiwari, claiming that both of them are trying to divide the society by speaking against each other's religion.


 * Going from green to blue, Asian Age, 25 January 2016.


 * This is the story of Amit Jani, a young Samajwadi Party leader, who shot to infamy in July 2012 when he vandalised Bahujan Samaj Party president Mayawati’s statue in Lucknow and brazenly took responsibility for the act.


 * Mr Jani, who also claimed to head the Uttar Pradesh Navnirman Sena, was back in the news recently when he dared the Owaisi brothers to enter Uttar Pradesh.


 * However, he sent shockwaves last week when he was seen celebrating the 60th birthday of Ms Mayawati in Muzaffarnagar with a cake and songs and dance.


 * Man who vandalised Mayawati's statue to cut 60 kg cake for her birthday, DNA India, 11 January 2016.


 * Jani, who is getting ready for the by-elections from Muzaffarnagar Sadar seat, said that he would not allow communal forces to form government in the state.


 * "I am still against building statues of political leaders. But I respect Mayawati on a personal level," he said.


 * Mulayam restores SPs frontal youth organisations, The Indian Express, 18 April 2013.


 * Amit Jani,who was in the news after damaging Mayawatis statue,too arrived for the meeting,but was not allowed entry in the party office. His supporters,who wore red caps,paraded a donkey and raised slogans against Mayawati.


 * Received threats for speaking against Kanhaiya Kumar: Uttar Pradesh Navnirman Sena chief, DNA India, 14 March 2016.


 * Uttar Pradesh Navnirman Sena chief Amit Jani on Monday claimed he received threats from a person "associated with Hurriyat Conference" for speaking against JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar.


 * he had earlier warned JNU Students' Union president Kanhaiya to leave Delhi by March 31 and also planned to hold a 'mahapanchayat' at Jantar Mantar on March 27.


 * "During my Delhi trip on Saturday and Sunday, a person, who said he was speaking from Dubai and is associated with Hurriyat Conference, called me and said I'd be bombed if I did anything against Kanhaiya on March 27 or any other day," he said.


 * Received threats for speaking against Kanhaiya: Amit Jani, Business Standard, 14 March 2016.


 * UP outfit threatens to storm JNU, gun down Kanhaiya, Umar before Durga Ashthami, The Times of India, 27 March 2016.


 * Will shoot Kanhaiya, Umar in JNU: Hindutva activist, The Hindu, 27 March 2016.

Narendra Modi

 * Jashodaben is my wife, Narendra Modi admits under oath, Times of India


 * Modi's Operandi, Tehelka, 13 April 2013


 * Modi's messaging machine, Firstpost, 11 April 2013


 * We now know where Modi stands, Outlook, 22 February 2015





Girilal Jain



 * purchased 23 November 2014, Amazon resellers, for 0.01




 * p. 448 covers Girilal Jain
 * p. 448 covers Girilal Jain

Koenraad Elst

 * The Ayodhya Evidence Debate, Koenrraad Elst Site, 9 July 2003.
 * The Ayodhya Evidence Debate, Koenrraad Elst Site, 9 July 2003.







Koenraad Elst: blog posts

 * The Saffron Wave (Book Review)




 * purchased 2015-02-11, Abe books, 7.25

Rajiv Malhotra

 * International Journal of Hindu Studies, Volume 16, Issue 3, December 2012

Being different

























 * "Modi must provide an intellectual alternative" (interview of Aatish Taseer), OPEN Magazine, 28 November 2014.

Indra's Net

 * Anantanand Rambachan, Untangling The False Knots In Rajiv Malhotra’s Indra’s Net, Swarajya, 30 April 2015.


 * Confirmed, widespread plagiarism found in Hindu Writer Rajiv Malhotra's work, Reddit thread, July 2015.


 * Andrew J. Nicholson, Unifying Hinduism: Statements from the Author and from the Publisher, Permanent Black, 17 July 2015.




 * Historian Richard Fox Young accuses writer Rajeev Malhotra of plagiarism, Firstpost, 7 July 2015.


 * Rajiv Malhotra, Rajiv Malhotra says those accusing him of plagiarism are really out to silence his voice, News Laundry, 15 July 2015.


 * Rajiv Malhotra, Rajiv Malhotra on Hindu Intellectuals – Niti Exclusive, Niti Central, 15 July 2015.


 * Mihir S Sharma: The Rajiv Malhotra issue is a cautionary tale for publishers, Business Standard, 14 July 2015.


 * Sandip Roy, Debate between Richard Fox Young and Rajiv Malhotra: It's about plagiarism stupid, not cat fight of personalities, Firstpost, 15 July 2015.


 * More on Infinity Foundation and Rajiv Malhotra: Article by Anantanand Rambachan + Letter from Prof. Richard Fox Young, Communalism Watch, 15 July 2015.


 * R. Jagannathan, Plagiarism charge: Why Rajiv Malhotra is on the gunsights of western Indologists, Firstpost, 18 July 2015.


 * Rajeev Srinivasan, Wendy's revenge: Plagiarism charge against Rajiv Malhotra is a red herring, Firstpost, 18 July 2015.


 * Sandipan Sharma, Free speech for plagiarists: Rajiv Malhotra's supporters reveal the hypocrisy of bhakts, Firstpost, 19 July 2015.


 * Sandip Roy, Rajiv Malhotra plagiarism row: It's about cultural intimidation, not freedom of speech, Firstpost, 20 July 2015.


 * Rajiv Malhotra, Decolonising Indology: Rajiv Malhotra on why he won't follow rules set by the west, Firstpost, 22 July 2015.


 * Shiv Vishvanathan, A battle without winners, The Hindu, 22 July 2015.


 * Eric M Gurevitch, Read the Sanskrit texts: Why both Rajiv Malhotra and his critics are wrong about plagiarism, Scroll.in, 25 July 2015.


 * Rajiv Malhotra, Rajiv Malhotra on Hindu Intellectuals – Niti Exclusive, 15 July 2015.

(excellent commentary!)
 * Sandip Roy, Rajiv Malhotra plagiarism row: It's about cultural intimidation, not freedom of speech, Firstpost, 20 July 2015.


 * Stephanie Ellison, Why Rajiv Malhotra matters to “White” Hindus like me, Vichar Vimarsh (blog), 23 July 2015.


 * Kartik Mohan, Substance versus Technicality: The campaign to smear Rajiv Malhotra with allegations of plagiarism, Vichar Vimarsh (blog), 21 July 2015.


 * Rajiv Malhotra, OPINION : FIGHTING THE SEPOYS OF THE LEFTIST-EVANGELIST MAFIA, Organiser, 2 August 2015.


 * Rajiv Malhotra, Rajiv Malhotra's Indra's Net: Seven big ideas and Hinduism's integral unity, Firstpost, 7 August 2015.

Battle for Sanskrit

 * Battle for Sanskrit


 * Purchased, Kindle, 2016-03-02, 8.39


 * Bibek Debroy, Home Alone, OPEN Magazine, 26 February 2016.


 * Indology list: Nityanand Misra, 28 February 2016.


 * Scholarly reply to Swadeshi - Citing JNU, academics target leader of landmark project, The Telegraph, 2 March 2016.


 * Sanjay Krishnan and Teena Purohit, Rajiv Malhotra’s responses to questions from a Journalist, thebattleforsanskrit.com, retrieved 2016-03-16.


 * Swadeshi Indology and the Destruction of Sanskrit, The Wire, 10 March 2016.




 * IIT-M meet on 'swadeshi Indology' irks academic community, The Times of India, 10 July 2016.


 * Controversy At IIT Madras Over Closed-Door Indology Conference By Rajiv Malhotra, Huffington Post, 7 August 2016.

Petition against Pollock

 * INdology list: Wujastyk, 27 February 2016.
 * Indology list: Nityanand Misra, 1 March 2016.
 * Indology list: Nityanand Misra, 1 March 2016.
 * Indology list:
 * Ananya Vajpeyi, 2 March 2016.
 * INdology list: Stefan Baums, 3 March 2016.
 * Indology list:
 * Axel Michaels, South Asia Institute Heidelberg, 5 March 2016.


 * Nikita Puri, Murty Classical Library: Project interrupted, Business Standard, 12 March 2016.

Arun Shourie columns







 * Conversations with V. S. Naipaul for references on C. J. Wallia on p. 122

Arun Shourie critiques

 * History sheeter, India Today, 7 December 1998


 * Decline and Fall of Historians, N. S. Rajaram, Daily Pioneer, 19 January 2014







Smriti Irani

 * Smriti gets a gentle sanskar nudge - RSS leader differs with minister on value inculcation


 * ‘I Wouldn’t Trust Her With Jam And Pickle Ministry’, Outlook, 20 April 2015

Manohar Parrikar

 * Manohar Parrikar: The real aam admi, Niti Central, 22 Jan 2014
 * says he is RSS


 * says he was an RSS pracharak
 * says he was an RSS pracharak


 * says RSS member
 * says RSS member




 * says he was an RSS pracharak
 * says he was an RSS pracharak

Modi government



 * Munawar Rana, Katyayani Vidmahe return Akademi awards; PEN International expresses solidarity with authors, The Indian Express, 19 October 2015.


 * Here are the 33 writers who returned their Sahitya Akademi awards, The Indian Express, 25 October 2015.


 * Writers protest ‘rising intolerance’, The Indian Express, 21 October 2015.


 * Writers make a point with silent march to Sahitya Akademi building, The Indian Express, 24 October 2015.


 * Kabir Khan, Emraan Hashmi, Soha Ali Khan slam intolerance towards Pakistani artistes, The Indian Express, 23 October 2015.


 * Pune theatre artiste’s creative Protest — a silent 15-minute ‘blood bath’ on stage, The Indian Express, 25 October 2015.


 * Scientists join intolerance debate: Punish the trespassers of reason and rights, The Indian Express, 28 October 2015.


 * Top scientists join protest, slam ‘climate of intolerance’, The Indian Express, 29 October 2015.


 * Now, historians speak out against ‘highly vitiated atmosphere’, The Indian Express, 29 October 2015.


 * FTII row: 12 filmmakers return national awards to join agitation against ‘intolerance’ The Indian Express, 29 October 2015.


 * Full text: Dibakar Banerjee and 9 other filmmakers’ letter to President and Prime Minister, The Indian Express, 28 october 2015.


 * 233 Academicians Join Growing Chorus Of Protest Against Intolerance In India, The Huffington Post, 3 November 2015.












 * Shanoor Seervai, The Rising Tide of Intolerance in Narendra Modi’s India, Kennedy School Review, 27 July 2016.


 * Seems like an excellent article.

Faculty statement on Narendra Modi visit

 * Faculty Statement on Narendra Modi Visit to Silicon Valley, The Academe Blog, 27 August 2015.


 * Faculty Statement on Narendra Modi’s Upcoming Visit to Silicon Valley: A Preliminary Response to Some of Our Critics, The Academe Blog, 2 September 2015


 * Hindu American Foundation Statement, The Academe Blog, 16 September 2015.


 * Asia Faculty Response to HAF Statement, The Academe Blog, 18 September 2015.

Dadri lynching





 * It was mutton, not beef: Dadri probe report, The Hindu, 29 December 2015.


 * Dadri residents want ‘lynching’ accused released, The Hindu, 31 March 2016.


 * Dadri tense as accused demand forensic report, The Hindu, 4 April 2016.


 * Dadri lynching: forensic report expected tomorrow, The Hindu, 6 April 2016.


 * Dadri meat was beef, claims fresh forensic report, The Hindu, 31 May 2016.


 * It's beef, says report, but sample not from Akhlaq house, The Times of India, 1 June 2016.

JNU sedition controversy

 * At JNU council meeting, lone ABVP office-bearer brings up Art 370, civil code, Naxalism, 24 September 2015.


 * When policy trumps politics, Tehelka, 26 September 2015.


 * New RSS target : JNU home to anti-national forces, says Panchjanya, Firstpost, 3 November 2015.


 * JNU home to anti-nationals, says RSS mouthpiece Panchjanya, The Tribune, 3 November 2015.


 * RSS mouthpiece says JNU is housing anti-India forces, India Today, 3 November 2015.


 * JNU Is Home To Anti-National Students Who Aim To Disintegrate India, Says RSS, Huffington Post India, 3 November 2015.


 * Don’t diminish JNU’s role in national development, says V-C, The Hindu, 4 November 2015.


 * Is India's Foreign Secretary, A JNUite, Also Anti-National?, The Huffington Post India, 4 November 2015.


 * Archana Prasad, The idea of JNU, The Indian Express, 5 November 2015.


 * Panchjanya article malicious: JNU students, The Statesman, 5 November 2015.


 * Baba Ramdev cancels speech at JNU amid protest from left-wing student union, India.com, 28 December 2015.


 * A JNU student's recount of events, Hindustan Times, 16 February 2016.


 * India arrests student on sedition charges for organising event on Afzal Guru, Dawn, 12 February 2016.


 * David Palumbo-Liu, India's Crackdown on 'Anti-Nationalism' on Campus and How It Can Affect Universities Here, THE World Post, 17 February 2016.


 * Also covers Dharma Cilization Foundation efforts to buy Chairs at UC, Irvine.


 * Ursila Ali, JNU Crackdown: 4 powerful voices you can't ignore, Daily O, 17 February 2016.


 * Kanhaiya assaulted despite police bandobast, The Hindu, 18 February 2016.


 * Was JNU sedition case ‘based’ on a TV report?, Hindustan Times, 18 February 2016.


 * Details about the police FIR and no evidence against Kanhaiya Kumar.


 * Friendship above ideology: An ex-JNU ABVP alum explains why its leaders revolted, Business Standard, 18 February 2016.


 * Telengana to JNU: Attack on Kanhaiya Kumar invokes dark history of lawyer-led 'goondaism', Business Standard, 18 February 2016.


 * JNU student union leader imprisoned in Afzal Guru's old jail cell, Dawn, 18 February 2016.


 * Farhad Mirza, Why Pakistani students need to stand in solidarity with JNU, Dawn, 23 February 2016.


 * Fact-finding report on JNU row: Need to probe Khalid’s role, says DM report, The Indian Express, 4 March 2016.


 * #KanhaiyaKumar is now like the legendary Che Guevara: Twitter reacts to his speech, DNA India, 4 March 2016.


 * BJP Actions Have Created New Political Star In Kanhaiya Kumar: Shashi Tharoor, NDTV, 4 March 2016.


 * Kanhaiya Kumar returns to Jawaharlal Nehru University to give impassioned speech on ‘freedom’, Independent, 4 March 2016.


 * Kanhaiya Kumar rocks JNU with rousing ‘azadi’ speech after release, Hindustan Tiems, 4 March 2016.


 * Make freedom in India: Translated excerpts of Kanhaiya Kumar’s speech at JNU, The Indian Express, 5 March 2016.


 * Freedom Anthem, The Telegraph, 5 March 2016.


 * Kamal Mitra Chenoy, How Kanhaiya Kumar went from 'anti-national' to freedom icon, Daily O, 5 March 2016.


 * Tunku Varadarajan, Reverse swing: The beauty of sedition, The Indian Express, 6 March 2016.


 * At ABVP rally in university: Lawyers say JNU incident ‘cancer that needs surgery’, The Indian Express, 6 March 2016.


 * Kanhaiya Kumar has democratised ‘azadi' and freed it from the clutches of Kashmiri separatists, Firstpost, 7 March 2016.


 * Jyoti Malhotra, The night Kanhaiya Kumar reclaimed JNU and azadi, Daily O,


 * Kanhaiya Kumar’s comeback speech at JNU evokes massive praise, The Indian Express, 9 March 2016.


 * Interview of JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar, News Laundry,9 March 2016.


 * Swagata Basu, Reflections on the JNU Row in India, H-Net: Humanities and Social Sciences Online, 13 March 2016.


 * JNU row: Delhi HC dismisses plea for action against Kanhaiya Kumar, The Indian Express, 15 March 2016.


 * Pleas for cancellation of bail to Kanhaiya referred to HC Chief Justice, The Indian Express, 17 March 2016.


 * It’s a direct fight against dictatorship: Kanhaiya Kumar, The Indian Express, 18 March 2016.


 * JNU panel revokes Kanhaiya Kumar’s suspension, submits report on Afzal Guru protest, The Indian Express, 11 March 2016.


 * Thanks to govt, it's achche din for student politics, The Times of India, 12 March 2016.


 * JNU students to meet Rajnath, Pranab Mukherjee, The Hindu, 13 March 2016.


 * Students issued show cause notices based on complaint by ABVP, DNA India, 16 March 2016.


 * Talks about the ABVP complaint against 20 students.
 * Text of the show-cause notices to Khalid and Anirvan for letting in outsiders.
 * The high-level committee criticised by JNU teachers assocation.


 * http://www.dailymail.co.uk/indiahome/article-3499476/JNU-Students-Union-president-evidence-shouting-anti-India-slogans-campus-hand-courts.html, Mail Online India, 19 March 2016.


 * JNU joint secretary demands Rama Naga, Kanhaiya Kumar removal, The Asian Age, 19 March 2016.


 * New sedition case filed against JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar, Deccan Chronicle, 20 March 2016.


 * Fresh case of sedition filed against Kanhaiya Kumar, The Asian Age, 20 March 2016.


 * For Invite To Kanhaiya Kumar, Students Allege They Were Threatened, NDTV News, 25 March 2016.


 * Lal Salaam is back, but where's the Muslim youth?, The Times of India, 27 March 2016.


 * BJP plays videos of Umar Khalid, Afzal at Gujarat farmer rally, The Indian Express, 27 March 2016.


 * Students of 3 Pune institutes invite Kanhaiya for dialogue, Business Standard, 27 March 2016.


 * Don’t want interference on campus: JNU V-C M Jagadesh Kumar, The Economic Times, 28 March 2016.


 * Jharkhand varsity suspends teacher for inviting 'antinational' JNU prof to event, Catch News, 30 March 2016.


 * The retired academic was said to have mentored Kanhaiya Kumar and others, according to the calls received by the University administration.


 * Jharkhand Univ Prof Invites JNU Teacher to Event, Gets Suspended, The Quint, 30 March 2016.


 * Jharkhand University professor suspended for inviting JNU teacher to event, India Today, 30 March 2016.

Pakistani views

 * Kunwar Khuldune Shahid, Accepting anti-nationalism, The Nation, 18 February 2016.

Kanhaiya Kumar

 * High-voltage debate at JNU, The Hindu, 11 September 2015.


 * Want to revive JNU's political legacy: Kanhaiya Kumar, The Economic Times, 13 September 2015.


 * AISF wins president’s post; ABVP makes a comeback after 14 years, The Tribune, 14 September 2015.


 * Facing backlash, Kanhaiya Kumar forced to clarify on 1984 vs 2002 riots remark, The Indian Express, 30 March 2016.

Umar Khalid

 * #SeditionDebate: Everything you need to know about Umar Khalid, the man they're calling 'Kashmiri traitor', Firstpost, 19 February 2016.


 * Umar Khalid's sisters received threats, The Hindu, 19 February 2016.


 * ‘Umar Khalid not a practising Muslim’, The Hindu, 19 February 2016.


 * Umar Khalid hits out at Times Now, Zee News for spreading lies, Modi Sarkar for intimidation, Ummid.com News Network, 22 February 2016.


 * Apporvanand, Umar Khalid, my son, The Indian Express, 23 February 2016.


 * Umar Khalid, an activist on campus, The Hindu, 24 February 2016.


 * JNU students Umar Khalid, Anirban Bhattacharya surrender to police, The Hindu, 24 February 2016.


 * How Umar Khalid became the face of the JNU protest, OneIndia, 25 February 2016.


 * Umar Khalid even questioned God, says sister, 25 February 2016.


 * Sangeeta Dasgupta Umar, My Student Indian Express, 26 Feb 2016


 * Shilpi Tiwari, Irani’s close aide is the latest to face the JNU heat, Hindustan Times, 3 March 2016.


 * Afzal Guru issue close to my heart, says Umar Khalid, OneIndia, 4 March 2016.


 * Major controversy - Sedition accused JNU student Umar Khalid compares Burhan Wani to Che Guevara, Zee News, 10 July 2016.

Umar Khalid

 * JNU student’s father: If you’re branding him a traitor for my (SIMI) past…, The Indian Express, 19 February 2016.


 * Umar’s father says he is getting death threats, The Hindu, 20 February 2016.


 * JNU: Who is Umar Khalid whose story has many hits and misses?, One India, 21 February 2016.


 * JNU Teachers Meet VC, Urges Him to Drop Charges Against Students, The New Indian Express, 22 February 2016.


 * Has details of Umar Khalid and the Delhi Police statement


 * ‘Not ashamed I was in jail’: Top quotes from Umar Khalid’s speech, Hindustan Times, 19 March 2016.


 * 'I feel like the character in The Reluctant fundamentalist': Umar Khalid, The Times of India, 19 March 2016.


 * We Fear we Might be Attacked: Umar Khalid, The New Indian Express, 26 March 2016.

Anirban Bhattacharya

 * 'He can't be against the country': JNU student Anirban's father claims that he never indulged in political activities, Mail Online India, 19 March 2016.


 * Govt should be afraid of people, people shouldn't be afraid of govt: What Anirban Bhattacharya wrote in his prison cell, DNA INdia, 20 March 2016.


 * This Is What Cops Told Anirban And Umar In Custody, The Huffington Post, 23 March 2016.


 * Exclusive: Umar and Anirban on Prison, Bigotry and the Lynch Mob, The Quint, 22 March 2016.

Shehla Rashid Shora

 * Spreading wings in the Valley, The Hindu Business Line, 15 December 2011.


 * Shehla Rashid becomes first Kashmiri girl to win JNU polls, The Times of India, 14 September 2015.


 * http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/jnusu-leader-condemns-ban-on-student-politics-in-valley/1/477481.html, India Today, 19 September 2015.


 * In Pictures: #OccupyUGC protests against scrapping of fellowships for PhD and MPhil students, Scroll.in, 22 October 2015.


 * ‘Occupy UGC’: Meet the protesters, The Indian Express, 8 November 2015.


 * ‘Occupy UGC’: Students march to MHRD, detained, The Statesman, 19 November 2015.


 * Occupy UGC: Students protest outside HRD Ministry, start postcard campaign, The Economic Times, 13 January 2016.


 * JNU stir’s K-connect: ‘Comrade’ Shehla, Tribune India, 17 February 2016.


 * You can arrest us, hang us but you can't silence us: Shehla Rashid, JNUSU, Catch News, 15 February 2016.


 * Shehla Rashid, firebrand Kashmiri, leading JNU students’ fightback, Hindustan Times, 20 February 2016.


 * JNUSU, in Kanhaiya’s absence: Shehla holds the fort with Rama, Saurabh charts his own path, The Indian Express, 29 February 2016.


 * JNU students march to parliament, Demand repeal of sedition law, The Times of India, 2 March 2016.


 * Shehla Rashid has found a political lexicon at JNU, Business Standard, 12 March 2016.


 * Students rising in India, says JNU leader Shehla Rashid (Video), Deccan Herald, 14 March 2016.


 * Cornered on the Left: Questioning JNU student leader Shehla Rashid, Hindustan Times, 14 March 2016.


 * Some slogans were not in good taste, says JNUSU vice-president, The Hindu, 14 March 2016.


 * Meet Shehla Rashid, the firebrand JNU leader, Rediff News, 17 March 2016.

Saurabh Sharma

 * ABVP scripts JNU comeback after 14 years, AISA wins just two, The Indian Express, 14 September 2015.


 * ABVP scores in Left bastion JNU, grabs seat in student union, Hindustan Times, 16 September 2015.


 * AISF wins president’s post; ABVP makes a comeback after 14 years, The Tribune, 14 September 2015.


 * Three ABVP leaders resign over JNU action, The Indian Express, 18 February 2016.


 * Pradeep Narwal, joint secretary, ABVP, JNU
 * Rahul Yadav, president, School of Social Sciences, ABVP.
 * Ankit Hans, Secretary, ABVP


 * JNU ABVP leaders’ resignation: Party says nothing official, they’re still members, The Indian Express, 18 February 2016.


 * Did ABVP member let media cars in?, The Times of India, 3 March 2016.


 * JNU Row: Kanhaiya Kumar never raised slogans on hunger, interference on February 9, says ABVP, DNA India, 6 March 2016.


 * The other face of JNU story, The Times of India, 9 March 2016.


 * Afzal Guru row: ABVP files complaint against JNU associate dean, The Times of India, 13 March 2016.


 * Treated like a Dalit on JNU campus, says ABVP student who complained against Nivedita Menon, Catch News, 15 March 2016.


 * At Afzal Guru Event, Men Threatened To Kill Me, Says ABVP Student Leader, NDTV News, 15 March 2016.


 * ABVP’s Saurabh Sharma also gets show-cause notice, The Pioneer, 16 March 2016.

Nivedita Menon

 * JNUSU joint secy files complaint against JNU prof Nivedita Menon over remarks on J&K, Zee News, 13 March 2016.


 * JNUSU files complaint against varsity professor over remarks on J&K, IBN Live, 13 March 2016.


 * Zee News and IBN7 in soup for 'unlawful reportage' branding JNU prof Nivedita Menon as anti-national, Firstpost, 16 March 2016.


 * Mary E. John, This attack on Nivedita Menon, The Hindu, 16 March 2016.

Rohith Vemula

 * University of Hyderabad row: Students beaten, campus on lockdown; 27 arrested, including university professor, Firstpost, 24 March 2016.

Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016

 * As introduced in Lok Sabha: The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016, PRS India, retrieved 12 November 2016.


 * Legislative Brief: The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016, PRS Legislative Research, 27 September 2016.


 * ‘Biased’ citizenship bill draws flak from MPs, The Hindu, 11 August 2016.


 * However, defending the amendments, a senior Minister told The Hindu, “The principle is victimhood. How can a Muslim claim he has been victimised in these countries?” But what if a Muslim is victimised? The answer is, “He can always seek asylum in India.”


 * Citizenship Bill referred to joint select committee, The Hindu, 12 August 2016.


 * V. Suryanarayan, Geeta Ramaseshan, Citizenship without bias, The Hindu, 25 August 2016.


 * Centre addresses fears on Citizenship Bill, The Hindu, 24 September 2016.


 * A senior Home Ministry official said it planned to replace the term “religious minorities” with “discriminated religious minorities” after parliamentarians criticised the plan to allow all religious communities into India, except Muslims.


 * Muslim sects like Shias and Ahmediyas also face persecution in Sunni-dominated Pakistan but the Act doesn’t have provision for them.


 * Joydeep Biswas, Citizenship on a divisive agenda, The Hindu, 4 November 2016.

Durga Vahini

 * A Militant Hindu Camp In India Is Training Young Women To Hate Themselves And Accept Their Weakness, BuzzFeed, 25 May 2014


 * Menon, Kalyani. Everyday nationalism: Women of the Hindu right in India. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2010.

Rashtra Sevika Samiti























 * p. 119 for Rasthra Sevika Samiti
 * p. 119 for Rasthra Sevika Samiti


 * p. 243 for Rashtra Sevika Samiti
 * p. 243 for Rashtra Sevika Samiti

Niti Central

 * Kanchan Gupta joins Niti Digital, medianama.com, 8 June 2012


 * Rohit Nigam at quora.com


 * New newsportal launched: Niti Central, Bharatkalyan97 blog, 15 August 2012

Authors' web sites

 * Shamsul Islam

Voice of India









 * Meera Nanda against Hinduism and its friends (1), Koenraad Elst, Blogpost


 * Meera Nanda against Hinduism and its friends (7), Koenraad Elst, Blogpost


 * Meera Nanda against Hinduism and its friends (8), Koenraad Elst, Blogpost

Meera Nanda

 * p. 145 for India@superpower.com
 * p. 145 for India@superpower.com




 * Hindus Rising: Meera Nanda and “The God Market”, Richard Carrier, blog






 * p.86: After all this, the standard story-line is simple: India’s generous gift spread to all corners of the world. Arab mathematicians picked up numerals from India and transmitted them to Europe. Buddhist monks from India took the Hindu numerals, complete with place-value and the symbol for zero, with them to China. Because the decimal numerals with a zero were so much more convenient than any other numeral system for actually manipulating numbers, the entire world discarded their old numbers and adopted the Hindu-Arabic numerals. Thanks to us, the world learned how to count.



Aryan Books

 * Aryan Books, Amazon India, retrieved 2015-05-30




 * Lost Baoli of Lodi Garden, Our Heritage (blog), Vikramjit Singh Rooprai, 15 July 2013.

Selected titles

 * R. Balasubramaniam, The Saga of Indian Cannons, 2008.


 * Showcasing medieval military metallurgy, The Hindu, 27 March 2008.


 * S. P. Verma, Biblical Themes in Mughal Painting – Crossing Cultural Frontiers, 2011. ISBN 9788173054129.


 * Dieter Schlingloff, Ajanta Handbook to the Paintings, 2013


 * Himanshu Prabha Ray, Manoj Kumar, Indian World Heritage Sites in Context, 2015.


 * Maruti Nandan Prasad Tiwari and Shanti Swaroop Sinha, Jaina Art and Aesthetics, 2011. Aspects of the aesthetics in Jaina art, The Hindu, 22 March 2011.


 * Mohandas Moses and Achala Moulik, Dialogues of Civilization — William Jones and the Orientalists, 2009.

Maratha Seva Sangh

 * Anupama Katakam, Politics of vandalism, Frontline, 17 January 2004.


 * Anupama Katakam, Ban, after protest, Frontline, 31 January 2004.


 * Why Marathas want reservation?, DNA India, 19 February 2011.


 * Laine-baiter Maratha author pens book to bash Brahmins, DNA India, 22 May 2011.


 * MSS founder's wife quits BJP to join NCP, DNA India, 21 September 2013.

Sambhaji Brigade

 * Rajan J. Barrett, Who are the Sambhas really?, Tehelka


 * Maratha group flays Sambhaji brigade, The Times of India, 21 January 2004.


 * Why NCP needs the Sambhaji Brigade, Hindustan Times, 28 December 2010.


 * Case registered against Sambhaji Brigade leader, The Hindu, 14 June 2011.


 * Sambhaji Brigade seeks inclusion of Marathas in OBC category, Business Standard, 13 November 2012.


 * Maratha quota: Sambhaji Brigade to burn Raj Thackeray effigy, DNA India, 15 April 2013.


 * Maratha quota: Sambhaji Brigade to burn Raj Thackeray effigy, DNA India, 15 April 2013.


 * Row over award to historian, The Hindu, 5 May 2015.


 * Sambhaji Brigade opposes move to award historian, The Times of India, 5 May 2015.


 * Sambhaji Brigade office receives anonymous packet containing ‘explosive’ device, The Hindu, 13 July 2015.


 * Radical outfit receives ‘explosive’ consignment, Indian Express,

Ashis Nandy



























 * The Nandy Affair, Basharat Peer, The New Yorker, 1 February 2013.


 * Ashis Nandy Solidarity, blog site devoted to commentary on Nandy.


 * Talking India with Ashis Nandy, Chandrahas blog post, 28 May 2006.


 * Caste and corruption: Ashis Nandy has the right to be wrong, Vembu, Firstpost, 1 February 2013.

Mani Shankar Aiyar

 * On Confessions of a secular fundamenatalist
 * Review by javed Jabbar, Frontline

Jyotirmaya Sharma








Romila Thapar

 * Shiv Visvanathan, Through three prisms, Book review of On Nationalism by Thapar, Noorani and Menon, The Hindu, 2 July 2016.


 * Book Review: Romila Thapar, A.G.Noorani, and Sadanand Menon’s ‘On Nationalism’, Cafe Dissensus, 6 August 2016.


 * IANS, 'On Nationalism' book review: Opinions from three distinguished scholars, The Economic Times, 8 July 2016.


 * Salil Tripathi, Book review: On Nationalism, live mint, 25 August 2016.


 * Romila Thapar, “Why Do We Not Ask Dalits And Adivasis What Nationalism Means To Them?: An Excerpt, The Caravan, 12 July 2016.