Daily Brief: The BJP wants an Opposition-free Gujarat. But some are putting up a fight, and more

The BJP wants an Opposition-free Gujarat. But some are putting up a fight

The Hindutva party isn’t just aiming for hegemony. It wants complete control.

View from the Margins: A Miya poet on how Hindutva's rise has scarred his community

Assam’s Miyas are one of India’s most disadvantaged communities. And the past decade has made their lives even more precarious.

‘No educated person will vote for the BJP. What is the point of studying if we do not get jobs?’

After eight years of trying to find a government job, this young man from Jhanjharpur in Bihar has lost faith in Modi.

FIR against BJP leaders JP Nadda, Amit Malviya for campaign video ‘demonising Muslims’

The Karnataka Police booked the saffron party members after a Congress complaint accused them of ‘provocating riots’ and promoting religious enmity.

Interview: Rank, social status and how BJP balances upper-caste appeasement with its welfare push

Social justice politics and redistribution policies draw strong backlash when they threaten dominant caste identity, says Pavithra Suryanarayan.

What did Vinayak Damodar Savarkar think about Dalits praying in temples and eating with Brahmins?

An excerpt from ‘Savarkar and the Making of Hindutva’, by Janaki Bakhle.

India tour of Bangladesh: Visitors register commanding win in rain-affected fourth T20I

Deepti Sharma and Asha Sobhana shone with the ball as India restricted Bangladesh to 68/7 in a chase of 123.

Readers’ comments: Article on South Asia’s view of India is ‘horribly biased’

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