As India struggles with Covid-19, can the RSS escape responsibility for the crisis?

The ruling party’s parent organisation failed to gauge the enormity of the medical crisis and to direct the BJP to act appropriately. Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd RSS head Mohan Bhagwat. | Twitter/@Rssorg Is Prime Minister Narendra Modi primarily responsible for India’s current Covid-19 tragedy? On May 15, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat declared that the government, the administration … Continue reading As India struggles with Covid-19, can the RSS escape responsibility for the crisis?

A team that never was a hope provider for the poor

Mohan Bhagwat, Jaggi Vasudev and Sri Sri Ravi Shankar to “create hope” amidst Coronavirus pandemic Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd18 May 2021  Image Courtesy:newsroompost.com Just a few days ago, I saw an interesting news item on my mobile phone. The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s (RSS) top leader Mohan Bhagawat and his friends: Jaggi Vasudev, and Sri Sri Ravi … Continue reading A team that never was a hope provider for the poor

Why it’s Stalin and Pinarayi’s ideology and not Mamata’s that India needs

For the BJP/RSS, Tamil Nadu and Kerala were more ideological battlegrounds than West Bengal, as Bengal politics was operating very much within the Dwija control. VOICES OPINION FRIDAY, MAY 14, 2021 - 15:03Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd Stalin was a Russian ruler who did not believe in god. He shaped the post World War II world. He died on … Continue reading Why it’s Stalin and Pinarayi’s ideology and not Mamata’s that India needs

The Hindutva Cow Urine Cultural Nationalism And The Corona Crisis

in COVID19 India — by Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd Ever Since the Rastriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) combine came to power in 2014 the deepest crisis it is facing is the Covid-19 dance of death. As of the end of April 2021 India has become the most Covid infected nation in the world and the … Continue reading The Hindutva Cow Urine Cultural Nationalism And The Corona Crisis