Mainstream Weekly

Rising Hate: Rays of Hope |

Ram Puniyani — 2026-03-07T23:20:14Z

Communal Hate is the most divisive tool. Roughly the degree of violence is proportional to the prevalence and accentuation of

- 2026

Lobbying Games: RSS connections in America | Ram Puniyani

Ram Puniyani — 2025-11-22T16:58:22Z

As RSS has completed 100 years of its existence, one new, not widely known fact has come to surface. Many YouTube channels have been discussing RSS hiring a lobbying firm in America. Interestingly, the firm hired for its lobbying happens to be the same one which is lobbying for Pakistan also. One recalls that when Narendra Modi became chief minister of Gujarat, he had hired a firm for hyping his image

- 2025

Sectarian Nationalism and Godmen: Sri Sri Ravishankar attends 75th Birth day of RSS Chief | Ram Puniyani

Ram Puniyani — 2025-09-20T08:57:04Z

Mohan Bhagwat has been in the news for the last few months. First, he vaguely hinted that people should retire at the age of 75 years. This was taken as a hint for Modi to relinquish power when he turns 75 this September. Then in his three lectures in Vigyan Bhavan he clarified that he did not mean so. His own 75th birthday was celebrated on 12 September 2025. The remarkable thing of the event was the presence of Sri Sri Ravishankar (SSR), supposed to be the spiritual Guru and major person (…)

- 2025

RSS at 100:

Ram Puniyani — 2025-09-13T05:10:59Z

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RSS which was formed in 1925 is completing its hundred years on 2nd October 2025. Its politics has been Hindutva and it aims at Hindu Nation. Its pledge, an oath taken by its volunteers, commits them to remain loyal to Hindu nation. It set up shakhas at a rapid pace, shakha (branch) is the basic unit of RSS. In this shakha earlier young boys, and now people of all ages play Indian games like Kaddadi, Kho-Kho etc. They are given ideological training, which is called shakha (…)

- 2025

Lord Hanuman as First Space Traveler: Mythology as Science | Ram Puniyani

Ram Puniyani — 2025-08-30T01:09:00Z

Mythologies, all over the World, are very pleasant flights of imagination. While our childhood fascination with these is everlasting in our memories, the trend from the last few decades is that right-wing ruling parties

- 2025

NCERT Textbook Modules Distort History of India

Ram Puniyani — 2025-08-23T11:57:23Z

NCERT, which prepares the school texts for the CBSE Board, is on a speedy journey to change the school texts and supplementary reading materials. Mostly it is modifying and changing the contents to suit the agenda of the ruling party. BJP is pursuing the agenda of Hindu nationalism. It is constructing the past through these books to ensure that the new generation thinks in a way to support BJP-RSS

- 2025

Malegaon Blast Judgement: Crime and (No) Punishment | Ram Puniyani

Ram Puniyani — 2025-08-09T12:04:16Z

The long-awaited verdict on the Malegaon blast of 2008 was delivered by a special court in Mumbai. The judgement has acquitted all seven accused in the Malegaon blasts case, which came as a blow to the victims and celebrations to the Hindutva camp. Many were anticipating this type of verdict and it was no surprise to them as during the period of last 17 years the investigating agencies did change the track, particularly after 2014. The blast was carried by a group which used a motorcycle. (…)

- 2025

NCERT: History as a tool for promoting Divisive Hate | Ram Puniyani

Ram Puniyani — 2025-08-02T09:02:29Z

National Centre for Education, Research and Training (NCERT) is the body taking the final decision about the content of school text books. Last couple of decades it has become more a vehicle of promoting communal view of history rather than presenting the objective and rational view of History to the young minds. As history is the important part of shaping the understanding of young minds, the communal tilt in its curriculum will surely worsen the prevailing hate against the community, which (…)

- 2025

Secularism and Socialism in Constitution

Ram Puniyani — 2025-07-12T13:18:35Z

The RSS General Secretary, Dattatray Hosabale, second in the RSS leadership hierarchy, on the eve of imposition of Emergency in 1975; stated that it was during the emergency that words Secularism and socialism were inserted in the preamble of Indian Constitution. And that these words were not there in the original preamble of the Constitution drafted by Dr. Ambedkar; so they should be removed.
This is not the first time that such a demand was raised from Hindutva quarters. When the BJP (…)

- 2025

Pahalgam Tragedy: Rising Spiral of Hatred | Ram Puniyani

Ram Puniyani — 2025-05-24T02:43:00Z

The killings of 26 tourists in Baisaran near Pahalgam were one of the worst tragedies in recent times. Baisaran is a lovely spot reachable only on horses or by walking in the uneven terrain. The killings left the whole nation in deep grief. While the terrorists killed tourists after confirming the religion of the victims, one Muslim, the local person escorting the tourists, tried to resist and was killed. Kashmiri porters also carried the tourists to safe places and opened their houses and (…)

- 2025