Known for his preoccupation with language and the intricacies of communication, in his second novel Water Days, Sundar Sarukkai records Bangalore’s stories with an anthropologist’s curiosity
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Of these, the RSS has not only survived but has grown and with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in power at the Centre and in several states.
An organisation that takes pride in being rock solid in times of liquid modernity, can it catch up with the change?
In an interview with the Outlook, Ram Madhav explains that while the RSS views India as a Hindu nation, it prioritises qualifications over religion for leadership roles, and he discusses the organisation’s positions on Hindu Rashtra, caste, reservations, women, Adivasis and insights from his new book.
It is clear that the very foundation of the RSS was laid to show Muslims their place and keep them in check.
Has the RSS converted social feeling into the Hindu religious identity?
The RSS thrives on OBC amnesia, offering borrowed pride in Hindu identity in exchange for complete obedience
Organisations like the RSS pretend to promote ‘harmony’, but in truth, they maintain the caste hierarchy. There is no path to liberation for Dalits within Hindutva.
Shared ideas and unimaginable patience in its ambitious mission, along with uncontested moral upbringing of its cadres, has ensured the success of the RSS
It is ironical that the more the Modi-Shah duo cut the RSS to size, the more it becomes the punching bag for the anti-BJP forces.
For decades, a substantial number of women have been working in all the RSS-inspired organisations, with several of them holding prominent posts and playing leadership roles. The numbers are only going up.
Madhav Sadashiv Golwalkar, revered within the RSS and reviled outside it, remains one of the most polarising figures in modern India
The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) completed 100 years in 2025. The centenary celebrations highlighted the Sangh’s activities over the years and its vision for the future
Tamil Nadu has more temples than any other state in India, but has refused to endorse a single religion supremacy.
In Chennai, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) made a start in 1939. The organisation has continued to grow in Tamil Nadu, with its share of ups and downs over the last eight decades. North Tamil Nadu Joint Prachar Pramukh Dr K. Gopalakrishnan and RSS Media Co-ordinator Chandrasekaran spoke to Lalita Iyer about the organisation’s trajectory in the state. Excerpts:
Kerala, long resistant to Hindutva politics, paradoxically hosts more Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) shakhas than most Indian states today
A focus on local, cultural and political realities appears to be the strategy being deployed by both the RSS and the BJP to gain a stronger foothold in Karnataka
At Rashtra Sevika Samiti shakhas, women are offered empowerment—but only to a certain extent. Their roles remain largely defined: mothers, cultural custodians and loyal citizens
RSS’ Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram works in the fields of education, health and rural development. However, the cultural homogeneity of tribals as Hindus is at the core of its agenda
New histories, social work and indigenous faith revivalism have been the three pillars of the RSS’ approach in Northeast India, where ‘national integration’ and Hinduisation are their top agenda
The RSS is trying to bring the Northeastern communities into a broader Hindu fold by inventing cultural connections and by reinterpreting historical events through a religious lens
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Just two days after declaring normalcy, Leh and Kargil district authorities ban rallies, assemblies of five or more, and loudspeaker use amid renewed tensions.
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Bison Kaalamaadan (2025) adapts fragments from the real-life story of Manathi Ganesan and extends beyond biography. It becomes a requiem for those who gave it their all, to lose to a system stacked against them.
In a storied career, Om Puri bagged two National Awards, a Karlovy Vary International Film Festival Best Actor prize, a BAFTA nomination, and was also made an honorary Officer of the Order of the British Empire
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In a storied career, Om Puri bagged two National Awards, a Karlovy Vary International Film Festival Best Actor prize, a BAFTA nomination, and was also made an honorary Officer of the Order of the British Empire
There’s a lot to admire in Good Fortune (2025). Its quiet sincerity, the way it commits to simplicity while handling such chaotic inner worlds, feels like a love letter to life’s unpolished truths. There’s a tenderness in Ansari’s humility before the unpredictable theatre of human existence.
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On Smita Patil’s birthday, we take a look at few of her songs from her final years of life to remember traces of her laughter, anguish, sensuality, and mischief.
Neeraj Ghaywan's Homebound is a rare example of working-class lives depicted without voyeurism or as decor
While Tamannaah Bhatia’s Avantika in Baahubali: The Beginning is simply a role in a fictional film, an actress’s choice to inhabit a character still leaves them with certain responsibilities to the film, to the audiences and to themselves—raising questions of intent and complicity.
Hard-hitting and nuanced, these documentaries probe Hindu nationalism, the RSS, and BJP politics, exploring communalism, state power, and social tensions through history, personal stories, and investigative insight.
Bollywood’s music has shifted from messages of unity to endorsing right-wing politics, reflecting a deeper change in the industry’s role and influence.
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About halfway into Paul Thomas Anderson's film, you keep waiting for the political message to hit you hard. But what you get is incoherent blotches of this and that on the screen.
It is because Bachchan is so meticulous, dedicated and tireless that even on his 83rd birthday, instead of just discussing a legend, we are talking of an actor who, even now, is perhaps filming the next episode of KBC or facing the camera for an upcoming film.
Amma’s Pride is political, tender and riotous. Over fifty screenings worldwide have moved audiences to tears, ignited conversations, and transformed indifference into empathy and advocacy.
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The show, streaming on JioHotstar, is a missed opportunity. It had the chance to say something about the perils of being a girl in modern India; instead, it settles for the safe familiarity of a procedural chase.
Despite its cinematic clumsiness, ‘Dahini’ matters. The very act of putting this violence on screen—of demanding visibility for a horror that thrives in silence—is political.
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The British Museum is set to host their debut ball tomorrow. The theme is ‘Pink’, inspired by “the colours and light of India”. In 2025, nearly 80 years after independence, why are India’s Ancient Living Traditions still being displayed for the West?
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