Weekend Reads “A vast network of fringe Hindu groups loosely linked to the BJP and RSS operates hundreds of public and private social med...
Weekend Reads
- “A vast network of fringe Hindu groups loosely linked to the BJP and RSS operates hundreds of public and private social media groups and pages that drum up support for Hindutva causes,” writes Shweta Desai in Article 14 on the online mob that forced Tanishq to withdraw its ad reflecting communal harmony in India. “Anti-Islamic videos and membership drives create an army of supporters prepped to transition to real-life communal violence.”
- “Many still refuse to face the racism and communalism that has permeated and flourished in recent years across virtually all facets of Indian society,” writes Rana Ayyub in the Washington Post on the same topic. “Now the ad has been censored and wiped out from our imagination under a flood of violence, exposing the moral deterioration in our country.”
- India and China are discussing a disengagement plan in Ladakh that could see both sides step back from their positions – providing relief to soldiers ahead of the cold, inhospitable winter, but effectively delivering a new status quo to Beijing. Ajai Shukla reports in the Business Standard on how the Chinese side has even explained how New Delhi could sell the move to a domestic audience.
- “The true character of a state is perhaps best exposed by its choice of enemies. In its latest strike,...
