A Conspiracy to Erase the Gory Memory of the Gujarat Riots

THE Gujarat government appointed Nanavati Commission has finally submitted its final report on the Godhra incident and the post-Godhra carnage, 2002. Media reports state that the Commission has found no reason to summon the then Gujarat CM Narendra Modi in order to probe the responsibility and role of the state government in the riots. This reported conclusion contradicts the evidence provided to different committees and commissions setup in the last decade to investigate the pre-planned character of the riots.

Class Struggle, Secularism and the Nation: Some Lessons from History

TRILOKPURI, Moradabad, Muzaffarnagar…and more than the two hundred odd riots after the Modi government took office pose a serious challenge. They represent the dangerous combination of neo-liberalism and communalism that has come to represent the corporate backed ruling classes in contemporary India. Hence we can safely say that majoritarian communalism is a hegemonic ideology of the present day ruling classes and an instrument of State whose leadership is in the hands of Hindutva leaders.

Love Jihad: RSS Unleashes Weapon of Hate

Pichhle saal dange hue, khoob hui khoon ki barish.
Agle saal achhi hogi fasal matdaan ki.

-Gorakh Pandey

(Last year there were riots, an ample monsoon of blood.
Next year will bring a rich harvest during elections.)

Left Parties Organises Convention Against Communalism in Ranchi

THE Left Parties – CPI (M), CPI, CPI (ML), Marxist Co-ordination Committee and Forward Bloc – organised a state-level convention against communalism at Ranchi’s Theological Hall.

Sarasvati Theories & the Constraints of Geography

SARASVATI river has for some years been at the centre of attention of government departments and organisations concerned with culture, archaeology and history. Its lower reaches were seen to lie, under the Gulf of Cambay by the minister of human resources development, and its sources were placed high in the Himalayas by the minister of culture of the NDA government in a formal statement.

Continuing Assault on Scientific Temper

Akin to a seed cast on the Earth, a word planted in the heart will bear fruit someday.

– From A Word Planted in The Heart, Devanur Mahadeva

Ugly Face of RSS Exposed

FOR more than 10 days a serious battle is being waged against the ugly face of communal elements in the state of Karnataka. It started on social networking site Facebook and has now spilled over to the real world in the form of complaint, arrest, and street protests in more than 12 districts of the state.

Hindutva Forces Threaten Anti-Superstition Activist with Rape

THE threat from Hindutva fundamentalist forces looms larger each day, and is covering ever-wider ground. Obscurantist views on society are being expressed such as support to khap panchayats. The status and role of women are systematically sought to be undermined including by playing down incidents of rape and blaming women’s dress or “western culture” for the same.

2 gone, 58 more! Better Start the Fight

NOW that elections are passe, the cloak and dagger activity of the BJP too seems to have outlived its utility. With comfortable majority in the parliament, they do not want to hide anything, everything is open. They are defining how India needs to be, what Indianness is and who stays in India.

Tauru Incident: Nefarious Design of Communal Politics

AT seven in the morning on June 8, 2014, a young boy named Danvir, while riding a motor cycle, was mowed down by a dumper near Pataudi-Mohammadpur road junction in Tauru, a small town in Mewat district of Haryana. His body got entangled in the dumper’s wheels and was dragged for about 50 metres on the road. Sensing the seriousness of the accident, the driver deserted the dumper and its cleaners there. The latter were Raees and Mubarak, both Meo Muslims belonging to village Dhulawat; just six km away from the site.

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