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2 months ago | sabrangindia.in | Mohammad Sajjad

Janaki Bakhle, Savarkar and the Making of Hindutva. Princeton Univ Press 2024, pages xv+501, Price INR 999/-In the extremely polarised era in the India that we live in, a biography of a contentious person, Vinayak Damodar Savarkar (1883-1966) is bound to attract substantial attention. This is not limited to the popular domain of public history but also in the scholarly domain.

2 months ago | sabrangindia.in | Tanya Arora

On January 27, 2025, the Supreme Court delivered a significant split verdict in a case that underscored the tension between constitutional freedoms, religious identity, and societal discrimination. The case revolved around a plea by Ramesh Bhaghel, a tribal Christian from Chhattisgarh, who sought the court’s intervention to bury his father either on his private land or in the traditional tribal burial ground of his village.

Jan 14, 2025 | sabrangindia.in | Omar Rashid

New Delhi: Hari Shankar* couldn’t look past the absurdity of the matter: a retired Dalit construction labourer who could barely make ends meet was accused of casually offering thousands of rupees in cash to poor Hindus if they agreed to convert to Christianity. “I live in a madaiya (basic hut). What can I lure people with? If I had Rs 30,000 to spare, wouldn’t I use it to change my own life first, before distributing it to others?” asked Shankar wryly.

Jan 11, 2025 | sabrangindia.in | Tanya Arora

The coastal districts of Karnataka have long been a microcosm of India’s complex communal dynamics, marked by sporadic tensions and incidents that reveal deep-seated divisions. The year 2024 was no exception, with a total of 48 communal incidents recorded in the Dakshin Kannada and Udupi region, as per a report compiled by Suresh Bhat B., a member of the Karnataka Communal Harmony Forum and the People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) Mangalore.

Nov 21, 2024 | sabrangindia.in | Tanya Arora

Manipur, caught in the throes of an enduring ethnic conflict, is witnessing a deepening political crisis as violence between the Meitei majority and the Kuki-Zo tribal community continues unabated. The complete abdication by the state and union governments has enabled and allowed the unchecked violence. Over 18 months of unrest have strained the state’s fragile peace, prompting widespread calls for change.