Hindutva and Hinduism : The Rise of Fundamentalism In Modern India

                  Today, in India, proclaiming you are a Hindu is considered tantamount to declaring your public allegiance to the Sangh Parivar, and the Hindutva movement propagated by the ruling BJP govt and its affiliates. This new reactionary strain of Hinduism, popularly called Hindutva, has drastically altered perceptions of what it means to be Hindu. To …

The Queer Experience of a Small-Town Indian

[This article was originally published by The Covai Post as part of their TCP's LGBTQ Pride effort. ]   When did I realise I was queer? I never had an epiphany of any sort that revealed to me that’s what I was. I always thought of myself as just another little boy, perhaps a little …