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The Mahishasur–Durga controversy has reached Dadra and Nagar Haveli. The indigenous tribal population of the area wants to commemorate Mahishasur as their hero. But the Hindutva organizations are out to impose Hindu gods and goddesses on them. False cases are being foisted on tribal social activists like Dhirubhai Chhotubhai Patel. Prema Negi reports

Vikas Khandekar was accused of sharing a derogatory post related to Durga on Facebook. He had to remain behind bars for three and a half months and was externed from his district for around two years. His mother and grandmother passed away during this period. Prema Negi reports

Vikas Khandekar was accused of sharing a derogatory post related to Durga on Facebook. He had to remain behind bars for three and a half months and was externed from his district for around two years. His mother and grandmother passed away during this period. Prema Negi reports

The Mahishasur–Durga controversy has reached Dadra and Nagar Haveli. The indigenous tribal population of the area wants to commemorate Mahishasur as their hero. But the Hindutva organizations are out to impose Hindu gods and goddesses on them. False cases are being foisted on tribal social activists like Dhirubhai Chhotubhai Patel. Prema Negi reports

Degree Prasad Chouhan has played a crucial role in advancing the cause of the Mahishasur movement. He is a grass-roots activist and lawyer who fights for the cultural and social rights of Dalits and Adivasis. Now the Maharashtra Police have branded him as ‘urban terrorist’. Forward Press reports from Chhattisgarh 

In the film ‘Kaala’, Mumbai’s Dharavi slum symbolizes Ravan’s Lanka and is the biggest obstacle to both Narendra Modi’s Swachh Bharat Abhiyan and the fake ‘Digital Mumbai’ mission. Rajnikanth plays the hero who fights for the rights of the workers and the poor – the residents of Dharavi

Today, political and social battles being fought over mythology have taken many forms. On the one hand, the RSS is strengthening the dominance of Dwijs using Hindu mythology; on the other hand, the Bahujans are becoming increasingly conscious of their own mythology. The moot question is how the Bahujans can use their mythology constructively, says Premkumar Mani

Thousands in Mysore, previously known as ‘Mahishapuri’, ‘Mahisuru’ and ‘Mahishamandala’, took part in the cultural procession and public meeting to pay tribute to Mahisha and remember the late journalist who was killed for her crusade against social and cultural injustice, reports M. Dileep Narsaiah

Adivasi and Dalitbahujans have continually refused to be integrated into mainstream Hinduism. At the same time, Indian women are reclaiming the nation from the RSS-constructed vision of the mother

Parallel to the Aryan narrative of the battle between the gods and the demons, many stories of the conflict between the original inhabitants and the outsider Aryans have survived in the form of mythical stories. That the Tribals have preserved the stories of their struggles shows their spirit of resistance. Dasain dance and Hudud Duraga are classic examples of this cultural resistance