India

“Triumph of the Will”: Narendra Modi, the RSS and the “Big Lie” propaganda technique

Loonwatch: By Jai Singh Previous articles in this series: “Narendra Modi and the rise of India’s neo-fascist Far-Right”, and “Nazism and Narendra Modi: The ideological influence on India’s next Prime Minister”. India’s new Prime Minister Narendra Modi is a member of both the Bharatiya Janata Party(“BJP”) and its neo-Nazi paramilitary “ideological […]

Khushwant Singh: The Final Home Coming to Pakistan

Khushwant Singh: The final homecoming By Tariq Masood / Creative: Sama Aamir Published: June 15, 2014 Share this article Print this page Email Khushwant Singh’s final posthumous journey to his beloved birthplace Hadali, Pakistan. DESIGN: SAMRA AAMIR It was in the “winter of 1987”, as Khushwant Singh, the acclaimed Indian […]

Are India's Muslims a minority?

Minister in Hindu nationalist BJP government says Muslims are not minority causing controversy on status of community. Only a day after the Indian government led by the right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party leader Narendra Modi took oath of office, Najma Heptullah, the new minister of minority affairs made an unusual statement. […]

Are India’s Muslims a minority?

Minister in Hindu nationalist BJP government says Muslims are not minority causing controversy on status of community. Only a day after the Indian government led by the right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party leader Narendra Modi took oath of office, Najma Heptullah, the new minister of minority affairs made an unusual statement. […]

India Sikh groups clash at Golden Temple

Fights broke out over who would make the first speech, as Andrew North reports. Continue reading the main story in BBC and watch a movie Related Stories How Punjab’s missing are being forgotten Delhi 1984 riots still haunt India’s Congress party Delhi 1984: Memories of a massacre Several people have […]