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The former general secretary of India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Ram Madhav, has called on South Africans of Indian descent to strengthen interaction with those in their ancestral country. (@indiainjoburg/X)
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Hindu nationalist Ram Madhav urges Indian South Africans to deepen ties with world’s largest emerging economy

The India politician is on a Global South tour to spread a message of diasporans blending loyalty to their birthplace with pride in their ancestral homeland

  • Nkateko Joseph Mabasa
4 min read
MUMBAI, MAHARASHTRA, INDIA – 2022/01/29: A Muslim man wearing a protective face mask checks his phone as he walks past a graffiti in Mumbai. Coronavirus graffiti’s are painted to create awareness and spread the message about maintaining social distance, wearing face masks and sanitizing regularly. (Photo by Ashish Vaishnav/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
ASHOK MOCHI

India today: A place between hope and despair

Diversity is especially meant to be celebrated on India’s Republic Day, 26 January. But another legacy haunts the Indian republic — the colonial policy of divide and rule, of…

  • Ruchi Chaturvedi
12 min read
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been criticised for using technology to silence detractors.
ARUNDHATI ROY

Modi’s dangerous game in India

The Modi government’s ‘reign of terror’ is aimed at silencing Muslims into submission on the path to a nation ruled by a far right version of Hinduism

  • Haris Zargar
10 min read