• The Federal
    Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay
    About the AuthorNilanjan Mukhopadhyay
    Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay’s latest book is 'The Demolition and the Verdict: Ayodhya and the Project to Reconfigure India'. His other books include 'The RSS: Icons of the Indian Right' and 'Narendra Modi: The Man, The Times'. He tweets at @NilanjanUdwin.
      Why, in 2025, centenarian RSS is having to weather the belief that it has been diminished by Modi
      The Eighth Column

      Why, in 2025, centenarian RSS is having to weather the belief that it has been diminished by Modi

      30 Dec 2025 9:23 AM IST
      What appointment of Nitin Nabin says about control of Modi and Shah over BJP
      Opinion

      How Nitin Nabin’s elevation lays bare the hollowing of BJP by Modi-Shah

      26 Dec 2025 5:29 PM IST
      MGNREGA renaming row: Why dropping Gandhi is more than a name change
      India

      MGNREGA renaming row: Why dropping Gandhi is more than a name change

      23 Dec 2025 7:36 AM IST
      RSS at 100: How Vishwa Hindu Parishad drove the Ram Janmabhoomi movement
      India

      RSS at 100: How Vishwa Hindu Parishad drove the Ram Janmabhoomi movement

      15 Dec 2025 7:57 PM IST
      Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay, Shyam Saran, former Foreign Secretary
      India

      India’s multiple diplomatic crises: Shyam Saran on how New Delhi is coping

      8 Dec 2025 3:38 PM IST
      Nehru, Gandhi and Patel
      Opinion

      How Rajnath rewrites Ayodhya, twisting Nehru-Patel’s role in 1949

      8 Dec 2025 6:30 AM IST
      We must shape Indian society beyond shakhas: RSS scholar
      India

      We must shape Indian society beyond shakhas: RSS scholar

      1 Dec 2025 7:13 PM IST
      hoisting of saffron flag at Ayodhya Ram temple
      Opinion

      Why PM's Ayodhya event is a statement on Sangh’s larger ideological vision, triumph

      28 Nov 2025 6:20 AM IST
      Meenakshi Bharat on how Hindi cinema has portrayed Partition | Off the Beaten Track
      Films

      Meenakshi Bharat on how Hindi cinema has portrayed Partition | Off the Beaten Track

      25 Nov 2025 2:51 PM IST
      Modi and Nitish
      Opinion

      Nitish returns to power leaning on Modi, the very man he once opposed

      19 Nov 2025 6:08 PM IST
      Hindu Mahasabha floated two-nation theory ahead of Muslim League
      India

      'Hindu Mahasabha floated two-nation theory ahead of Muslim League'

      18 Nov 2025 4:34 PM IST
      Ajay Gudavarthy on Maoist ideas
      India

      Maoism may fade, but its roots still run deep: Prof Ajay Gudavarthy

      18 Nov 2025 3:13 PM IST
      RSS at 100: How Hindu nationalism drew from Mussolini’s fascist model
      India

      RSS at 100: How Hindu nationalism drew from Mussolini’s fascist model

      4 Nov 2025 4:11 PM IST
      Divya Gautam
      Opinion

      Divya Gautam may not win Digha, but she is more than Sushant Singh Rajput’s cousin

      1 Nov 2025 6:16 PM IST
      Harsh Mander, Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay
      India

      UPSC at 100: Harsh Mander on how Modi-era changes threaten India’s ‘steel frame’

      27 Oct 2025 3:47 PM IST
      RSS at 100: How Italian fascism influenced Hindu nationalist politics
      India

      RSS at 100: How Italian fascism influenced Hindu nationalist politics

      19 Oct 2025 7:48 PM IST
      Amir Khan Muttaqi
      Opinion

      India forgot its idealistic roots when it broke bread with the Taliban

      19 Oct 2025 4:58 PM IST
      Bihar election 2025: Issues dominate over caste, says Manisha Priyam
      Elections 2025

      Bihar election 2025: Issues dominate over caste, says Manisha Priyam

      16 Oct 2025 6:30 AM IST
      Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay, Tanika Sarkar
      India

      How RSS has reshaped India’s history, politics: Historian Tanika Sarkar explains

      9 Oct 2025 12:34 PM IST
      Bihar election
      Opinion

      From Champaran to SIR to vote chori, Bihar’s electoral soul at stake

      7 Oct 2025 5:19 PM IST
      Modi and Bhagwat
      Opinion

      RSS centenary celebrations: Modi, Bhagwat rely on duplicitous rhetoric, gloss over real issues

      5 Oct 2025 2:48 PM IST
      Modern Assam result of centuries of social, economic, political changes
      Assam

      'Modern Assam result of centuries of social, economic, political changes'

      2 Oct 2025 6:25 PM IST
      Why Modi Asia Cup post knocks sportsmanship, military valour
      Opinion

      Why Modi's Asia Cup post undermines sportsmanship and military valour

      30 Sept 2025 12:49 PM IST
      RSS at 100 | Was the Sangh anti-colonial? Not at all, says historian
      India

      RSS at 100 | Was the Sangh anti-colonial? Not at all, says historian

      26 Sept 2025 6:30 AM IST
      Modi in Manipur
      Opinion

      Modi's Manipur visit is a missed opportunity to heal a fractured state

      16 Sept 2025 2:51 PM IST
      Supreme Court at 75
      India

      'Incomplete justice?': Justice S Muralidhar on courts, secularism, and Ayodhya verdict

      15 Sept 2025 3:26 PM IST
      Hazratbal Dargah in Kashmir
      Opinion

      Ashoka Emblem row: From reverence to resentment, the Hazratbal misstep

      14 Sept 2025 10:00 AM IST
      RSS: Origins, clashes, khilafat
      Politics

      RSS at 100: 'Hindu Mahasabha emerged because Congress avoided religious issues'

      10 Sept 2025 3:16 PM IST
      Are Muslims outnumbering Hindus? Author SY Quraishi on Modi’s demographic mission
      India

      Are Muslims outnumbering Hindus? Author SY Quraishi on Modi’s demographic mission

      6 Sept 2025 6:30 AM IST
      PM Modis I-Day speech: Clear bid to placate RSS ahead of its centenary
      Opinion

      PM Modi's I-Day speech: Clear bid to placate RSS ahead of its centenary

      16 Aug 2025 12:18 PM IST
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