India - Shiv Sena: 2014 Lok Sabha polls and Uddhav Thackeray’s future

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Lok Sabha polls hold the key to Uddhav Thackeray’s future
If Shiv Sena fails to do well in the Lok Sabha polls, the party’s cadres may leave en masse and join MNS or NCP

by Makarand Gadgil
http://www.livemint.com/Opinion/fSczG98SdBUHVXpbYtN7KL/Lok-Sabha-polls-hold-the-key-to-Uddhav-Thackerays-future.html

Singing a Hindu Nation: Marathi Devotional Performance and Nationalism By Anna Schultz

India - Maharashtra: Ally RPI's Athawale asks BJP to dump Hindutva

The Times of India

Athawale asks BJP to dump Hindutva
TNN | Nov 10, 2013, 02.24 AM IST

NAGPUR: Relations between BJP and its ally RPI (Athawale) have once again turned sour with Ramdas Athawale openly asking BJP to dump its Hindutva agenda. Addressing a press conference on Saturday, Athawale stressed that BJP could not come to power without support of Dalits and Muslims and therefore it must

India: Hindutva vigilantes target Hindu-Muslim couples

http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/hindutva-vigilantes-target-hindumuslim-couples/article5231849.ece







Hindutva vigilantes target Hindu-Muslim couples



AMRUTA BYATNAL






The
cover of a booklet distributed by Hindutva vigilante squad Hindu
Rakshak Samiti urging people to ‘save Hindu girls from the terrorism of
Love Jihad’. Photo: Special Arrangement

India: Atheist teacher gets backing from Bombay High Court

From: The Hindu
Mumbai, September 7, 2013

Atheist teacher gets backing from High Court

Staff Reporter


Can refusal to fold hands during prayer be called indiscipline, asks Bench

Nashik-based teacher Sanjay Salve, who refused to fold his hands during religious prayers at his school, has found support from the Bombay High Court. “How can a state-funded school term this indiscipline,” asked a

India: Reason must triumph over blind faith (Praful Bidwai)

THE assassination of anti-superstition activist Narendra Dabholkar in Pune is a black mark on Indian society. Forces of intolerance, superstition, irrationality and reaction killed him not because he threatened their faith or freedom, but because he was against exploiting people through black magic, sorcery, and sleights-of-hand while invoking supernatural powers.
http://www.sacw.net/article5457.