Habib Siddiqui

 This is an old article, but very important to understand BJP and RSS and their policy of hatred. - HS ============= Apoorvanand on Why RSS Will Not Oust Modi as Prime Minister Just Yet “At this juncture, unless the corporates withdraw support from Modi, RSS is not going to undermine Modi’s supremacy.” By  Sudha Ramachandran August 05, 2024       In this Jan. 1, 2006, file photo, then-Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, third left, former Chief Minister Keshubhai Patel, second right, and leaders of the Hindu nationalist Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), in front, salute during the concluding ceremony of the eight-day RSS convention in Ahmedabad, India. Credit: AP Photo/Ajit Solanki, File Subscribe for ads-free reading Although India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won the most seats in the recent parliamentary elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the BJP and its Hindutva politics emerged weaker from the election. The party failed to win an absolute ...

  Rarely does an organization get a chance to enjoy the pride of reaching its peak in its centenary year. India’s Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), the ideological-organizational parent of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), has achieved that feat. In its 100th year, the RSS’ influence is not only widespread but also so well entrenched is its network across India that future governments will find it enormously challenging to shake off its grip over every aspect of Indian politics and life. The RSS was founded during British colonial rule on September 25, 1925, to raise a disciplined and dedicated volunteer force for “Hindu revival” and to establish a Hindu Rashtra (Hindu nation). Although it was formed during British colonial rule, it did not participate in India’s anti-colonial freedom struggle. It claims to be a socio-cultural organization and has sought to project itself as uninvolved in India’s politics. Yet, its role in the political arena is enormous...

This message is a little bit old now. - HS +++++++++++++  Dear friends-- A couple of hours ago, Hizbullah confirmed that its leader of the past 32 years, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, was killed, apparently in the massive air-raid the Israeli military launched against the Southern Beirut suburbs yesterday. That air-raid and the many others the Israelis have launched against Lebanon over the past week have killed hundreds-- or quite likely thousands-- of Lebanese people, maimed and displaced many more, and destroyed swathes of the country's vital infrastructure. Our deep condolences to all of them. We can recall that the Israeli military's long-established "Dahiyeh Doctrine", which calls for pulverization of large portions of advanced urban infrastructure, was named after the assault it undertook against that same South Beirut "Dahiyeh" ("neighborhood") in 2006.  Over the past year, Israel has practiced the Doctrine relentlessly against the cities o...

  By  Imtiyaz Razak  – Introduction  Sri Lanka’s recently concluded 9th presidential elections culminated in a notable victory for the Marxist JVP, led by Anura Kumara Dissanayake, who secured the presidency after a second ballot count. The election results underscore a significant electoral divide: while a majority of Southern Sinhala-Buddhists rallied behind Dissanayake, the Northern and Eastern Tamil and Muslim populations largely rejected the JVP. This rejection extended to the Tamils of Indian origin, often referred to as Upcountry Tamils. Why? Several factors contribute to this electoral split. Leaders from the North and East, particularly among Tamil and Muslim communities, aligned themselves with Sajith Premadasa, reflecting a deep-seated mistrust of the JVP. This skepticism stems from the JVP’s commitment to maintaining Sri Lanka’s unitary state structure—a cornerstone of Sinhala-Buddhist nationalism. The JVP views the ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka not as a s...