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      Hindutva is not just ideology, it is a performance: Cultural theorist Brahma Prakash

      Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay
      12 Sept 2026 8:54 PM IST

      Author of 'Spectacle State: How Hindutva Shapes Feeling and Culture' explains how Hindutva’s influence is increasingly visible in sounds, images, objects, and festivals that shape everyday life

      Conversations with Nilanjan
      BRICS

      BRICS Summit | Modi-Xi meeting: ‘India-China border row remains key hurdle to ties’

      11 Sept 2026 9:30 PM IST
      Tamil Nadu CM Vijay

      WATCH | Vijay’s Assembly debut: Performance or political theatre?

      10 Sept 2026 1:46 PM IST
      Satya Niketan building

      Satya Niketan tragedy: 'Govt, universities must invest in affordable student accommodation'

      9 Sept 2026 7:47 PM IST
      DU students protest for hostel facilities

      ‘Not accident, murder’: What DU students protesting at PG collapse site want | Ground report

      9 Sept 2026 10:00 AM IST
      Panelists discussing PM Narendra Modi speech

      Modi’s SRCC speech: Is PM’s aura fading, narrative losing traction among Gen Z?

      8 Sept 2026 11:06 AM IST
      Manoj Kumar Jha (inset), building collapse in Satya Niketan, Delhi

      'We've hardly added any hostels in 32 years': Manoj Jha after Satya Niketan collapse

      7 Sept 2026 7:49 PM IST
      Talking Sense With Srini on Supreme Court quashing 129 FIRs against Jantar Mantar protesters

      WATCH: SC junks 129 FIRs against student protesters; who got the upper hand?

      7 Sept 2026 2:15 PM IST
      Bangladesh’s drift Into Pakistan’s camp

      BRICS in Delhi: Will Bangladesh’s Tarique Rahman show up?

      6 Sept 2026 4:13 PM IST
      Delhi police

      ‘Swatantra Bhardwaj is the hammer, the hand wielding it is RSS-BJP’ | Capital Beat

      5 Sept 2026 8:42 PM IST
      Environmentalist Ravi Chopra on devastating floods and landslides in Nepal

      ‘Nepal valley flooded twice in 14 months’: Expert slams ‘sheer madness’ of Himalayan development

      5 Sept 2026 2:19 PM IST
      7.8% or 2.6% ? : What is India s actual GDP growth rate

      'Bogus statistical gymnastics': Ex-CEA defends India's 7.8% GDP growth

      4 Sept 2026 4:18 PM IST
      ‘Ram Temple Trust CEO appointment bid to evade accountability’

      ‘Ram Temple Trust CEO appointment bid to evade accountability’

      4 Sept 2026 6:20 AM IST
      Mass voter deletions during SIR: ‘Not voters’ responsibility to prove they are voters’

      Mass voter deletions during SIR: ‘Not voters’ responsibility to prove they are voters’

      3 Sept 2026 6:30 AM IST
      Subhash Chandra Garg interview on GDP growth, Indian economy

      Subhash Garg's question for Modi govt: Where did Rs 6 lakh crore go?

      3 Sept 2026 6:30 AM IST
      ‘Rahul FIR reflects battle for Dalit support, may impact upcoming Assembly polls’

      ‘Rahul FIR reflects battle for Dalit support, may impact upcoming Assembly polls’

      31 Aug 2026 8:05 PM IST
      Abhijeet Dipke, founder of the Cockroach Janta Party, during an interview.

      Exclusive: Dipke on ‘pressure’ for protest 2.0 and ‘overwhelming support’ from public

      31 Aug 2026 6:30 AM IST
      E20 Ethanol

      Ethanol push blamed for rising egg prices; experts urge caution on E20 hike

      28 Aug 2026 2:20 PM IST
      ‘Protests against RSS event in US could be used against India’

      ‘Protests against RSS event in US could be used against India’

      27 Aug 2026 9:13 PM IST
      Floods

      ‘Citizens are equally responsible’: Suhel Seth on Gurugram flooding | AI With Sanket

      26 Aug 2026 8:51 PM IST
      Capital Beat

      Will Yogi’s knee-jerk reaction to videos on govt schools have opposite effect?

      26 Aug 2026 7:52 PM IST
      Mohan Bhagwat amid New York protests

      As protests grow in US, what could RSS chief’s visit mean geopolitically?

      25 Aug 2026 8:17 PM IST
      Sugarcane field near sugar mill

      ‘We are living in pre-1990 Soviet Russia’: Ashok Gulati on sugar crisis

      24 Aug 2026 6:30 AM IST
      Panelists discuss ethanol sugar crisis

      E20 debate: Is govt pushing ethanol at the cost of food security?

      23 Aug 2026 12:47 PM IST
      Champat Rai letter political fallout

      Ayodhya donation theft: What explains Champat Rai’s open letter defending Mishra?

      23 Aug 2026 6:30 AM IST
      Aruna Roy discusses youth protests and dissent

      ‘Moment you overcome fear, you frighten the opponent’: Aruna Roy on CJP protests

      22 Aug 2026 4:00 PM IST
      NCERT Books

      RSS-linked members in NCERT panel: 'School education must come out of govt control'

      21 Aug 2026 5:22 PM IST
      Activists discuss PM CARES Fund audit

      PM CARES Fund as opaque as electoral bonds, warns activist Anjali Bhardwaj

      20 Aug 2026 6:35 PM IST
      Chennai rain, Cyclone Michaung

      Forgotten in ethanol debate: Two-wheelers, not cars, are paying the real price for E20

      19 Aug 2026 5:26 PM IST
      Talking Sense with Srini, on Dimagi Naxals

      WATCH | Heavy backlash over Dimagi Naxal: Did Modi make a costly mistake?

      19 Aug 2026 2:29 PM IST
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