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Letter to the Editor: Identifying Indian Right

Strong nationalism is always a defining feature of our ideological leaning, says BJP spokesperson

Congress will continue to fight Modi's ideology that divides India: Rahul

Gandhi also targeted the Centre for not allowing the opposition to raise in Parliament serious issues related to farmers, Pegasus snooping controversy and corruption

Hindu dominance must remain intact in India: VHP on population control

The Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Friday said any population control measure should be considered keeping in mind that the dominance of Hindus remains intact in the country.

The making of BJP's social rules

From conservative to radical, the party's stand on marriage and population control has evolved in two distinct phases: One when it was in power, another when it was not

The Muslim question

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat unwittingly highlighted the covert chauvinism in so-called polite society, and that includes the Indian corporate sector

Best of BS Opinion: Stock market as mirror, politics in diversity & more

Here are the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for Saturday

Religion for social acceptance

The combination of atheism plus religious identity shows that, for many people, religion is about social acceptance

Repeating recent history

The poor quality of public health infrastructure should no longer surprise us. It is our democratic choice, writes Mihir S Sharma

Politics in diversity

PEW survey of Indians' religiosity tells you why Modi's rivals have failed to challenge him: Confused secularism that's ceded religion to the BJP

Why the poor are leaning right

How support for left and right-leaning parties is changing in social composition

Why is BJP wary of projecting Adityanath as a 'star' in UP Assembly polls?

Former bureaucrat AK Sharma's appointment for pandemic management in Varanasi indicates that the top leaders are unhappy with the CM's way of handling the crises

It's only words…

Sedition law needs to be observed in letter and spirit

'Old' RSS through a 'new' lens

Book review of Republic of Hindutva: How the Sangh is Reshaping Indian Democracy

Hindutva push behind making Lakshadweep the next Maldives?

Muslim women, who have on an average three children, could be possibly banned from contesting local elections in Lakshadweep

Half-life of half-truths: Can diplomacy stop decaying governance?

Is the Modi government being harshly judged internationally because its leaders being less familiar with English are 'less connected to other global centres'?

PM Modi pays tributes to V D Savarkar on his 138th birth anniversary

Pioneering Hindutva ideologue Vinayak Damodar Savarkar was born in 1883 in Maharashtra

How Punjab's latest Muslim majority district will encourage Hindutva forces

The Amarinder government declared Malerkotla, where more than half the population is Muslim, the newest district of Punjab on Eid as a symbolic gesture to the community

Eye on 2024

Can Modi's third bid for power be made more challenging? If so, who will do it? And how? Especially if Gandhis and Congress fail to rise to that challenge

Best of BS Opinion: Central Vista project, Covid-19 crisis, and more

Here are the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for Saturday

Floating bodies, sinking states

Politics and economics are at the heart of the Covid tragedy in UP and Bihar. The misery is a result of voting in the name of religion, caste and nationalism