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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
    India
    Prakash Raj (centre) with members of civil society groups
    Karnataka

    Prakash Raj to conduct ‘social audit’ of SIR across 10 Karnataka districts

    12 Sept 2026 6:56 PM IST
    Mamata Banerjee and Ritabrata Banerjee
    West Bengal

    TMC symbol row: EC hears Mamata, Ritabrata factions ahead of Bengal bypolls

    12 Sept 2026 6:47 PM IST
    Goa alliance tussle: AAP, Congress vie for Sardesai’s GFP ahead of 2027 polls
    Goa

    Goa alliance tussle: AAP, Congress vie for Sardesai’s GFP ahead of 2027 polls

    12 Sept 2026 6:34 PM IST
    BY Vijayendra

    Karnataka BJP to hold 5-day padayatra over Vande Mataram row from Sept 15

    12 Sept 2026 6:22 PM IST
    Maratha quota: Jarange announces indefinite hunger stir in Mumbai from Sept 19

    Maratha quota: Jarange announces indefinite hunger stir in Mumbai from Sept 19

    12 Sept 2026 4:09 PM IST
    Why does a judge think 23 death sentences make him brave?

    Why does a judge think 23 death sentences make him brave?

    12 Sept 2026 3:14 PM IST
    Pinarayi Vijayan

    Pinarayi Vijayan calls ED’s CMRL charges ‘old allegations in a new script’

    12 Sept 2026 1:28 PM IST
    Suvendu Adhikari

    Suvendu Adhikari accuses Left, TMC of undermining Bengali Hindu traditions

    12 Sept 2026 1:14 PM IST
    9/11 Memorial Pools

    25th anniversary of 9/11 attacks | 'Together, we hunted down bin Laden': US tells UNSC

    12 Sept 2026 12:44 PM IST
    Gyanesh Kumar

    India's electoral process among most transparent in world: CEC Gyanesh

    12 Sept 2026 9:00 AM IST
    Electronic Voting Machine (EVM)

    Bengal: Congress names candidates for bypolls to Rejinagar, Nandigram

    12 Sept 2026 8:52 AM IST
    BRICS Summit Live: Bloc adopts New Delhi Declaration with consensus
    LIVE

    BRICS Summit Live: Xi calls for India-China unity to shape multipolar world

    12 Sept 2026 6:48 AM IST
    Mohan Bhagwat in the US: PTI

    Bhagwat's global tour is all about image management, not ideological change

    12 Sept 2026 6:20 AM IST
    Satish Jarkiholi

    ED flags overseas shareholding of Karnataka minister Satish Jarkiholi's family, 'bribes' in PWD

    Agencies
    11 Sept 2026 9:01 PM IST

    Jarkiholi said that he would provide all documents sought by the ED. He alleged that central agencies are not acting against leaders of the Bharatiya...

    Tamil Nadu assembly elections 2026

    DMK paying price for not filing case against Vijay after Karur incident: VCK chief

    11 Sept 2026 8:36 PM IST
    VD Satheesan (left), Bishwanath Sinha, Dr MG Rajamanickam

    CM Satheesan calls emergency review meet as Keralam power crisis deepens

    11 Sept 2026 8:20 PM IST
    Vladimir Putin Narendra Modi

    Modi-Putin meet: Why India won't walk away from Russia, even under US pressure

    11 Sept 2026 8:19 PM IST
    Doomsday Plane

    Putin's 'Doomsday Plane' in spotlight as he arrives for BRICS Summit in Delhi

    11 Sept 2026 8:12 PM IST
    Suvendu Adhikari, Ritabrata Banerjee, Mamata Banerjee

    Which TMC is the real TMC? Symbol battle heats up Bengal by-polls

    11 Sept 2026 7:59 PM IST
    kitchen

    Maharashtra FDA suspends 199 eatery licences over hygiene violations

    11 Sept 2026 7:31 PM IST
    Bengaluru government school

    Plight of Bengaluru govt schools: Stinking toilets, teacher shortage | The Federal reality check

    11 Sept 2026 6:54 PM IST
    Imran Khedawala

    Vande Mataram row: Gujarat Speaker orders privileges panel action against Congress MLA

    11 Sept 2026 6:24 PM IST
    CAG sounds alarm over Tamil Nadu’s widening revenue, spending gaps

    CAG sounds alarm over Tamil Nadu’s widening revenue, spending gaps

    11 Sept 2026 6:00 PM IST
    Modi Putin Thirukkural

    PM Modi gifts Putin Thirukkural's Russian translation at bilateral meet

    11 Sept 2026 5:57 PM IST
    Pinarayi Vijayan

    BJP demands Pinarayi Vijayan’s resignation as Keralam’s Leader of Opposition

    11 Sept 2026 5:53 PM IST
    Nitish Kumar

    JD(U) leaders consider renaming party as ‘JD(U)-Nitish’

    11 Sept 2026 4:51 PM IST
    Solomon Pappaiah obit

    Solomon Pappaiah obit: The Tamil scholar who brought Thirukkural to breakfast tables

    11 Sept 2026 4:27 PM IST
    VD Satheesan

    Cyberattacks targeting journalist John’s family: Keralam CM warns of action

    11 Sept 2026 4:18 PM IST
    Tripura, Mizoram hold first round of talks to resolve boundary dispute

    Tripura, Mizoram hold first round of talks to resolve boundary dispute

    11 Sept 2026 4:14 PM IST
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