Postcolonial theory has a Hindutva problem https://frontline.thehindu.com/books/modern-science-hindutva-postcolonial-theory-meera-nanda/article69795241.ece
Ideas meant to challenge colonial power are now being used to justify myth and religion in India, with real costs to science and secularism.
Seeing all endeavours based on empiricism as “Western” and hence 
colonial neglects significant movements within our own country that have sought to loosen the hold of superstitions and irrational beliefs, however sporadic these efforts may have been.
In her book Postcolonial Theory and the Making of Hindu Nationalism: The Wages of Unreason Meera fleshes out the synergies between the Hindu Right and the postcolonial Left. .. how the two ideologies that arose from opposing sides of the political spectrum have merged with disastrous implications for India. Both sides would like to see a revival of indigenous cultural norms, and “both seek to decolonise and indigenize science and social theory”.
the problem lies in the overreach of postcolonial theory that suggests that true decoloniality can come only when all the tools deployed during colonisation are rejected and indigenous ways of knowing are excavated.
Nanda warns that while these excavations are negotiated, the Hindu Right is filling them with whatever it sees fit to claim supremacy.
The Left's Accidental Gift to Hindu Nationalism? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANRZTh1eDTI
How the academic critique of "mental slavery" was weaponized to label any opposition as anti-national.
How relativizing truth created a vacuum for state-backed superstition and pseudo-science to thrive.
How the argument that secularism is alien to India gave birth to the political jibe of "pseudo-secularism."
How idealizing "authentic faith" created an argument where the feelings of the majority can crush the rule of law.
Published : Jul 21, 2025
'detention' of Bengali-speaking migrant workers: SC seeks replies of Centre, states https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/pil-on-detention-of-bengali-speaking-migrant-workers-sc-seeks-replies-of-centre-states-101755184929411.html any order will have consequences especially with respect to people, who genuinely came from across the borders.
Bhushan alleged harassment of people by the states only because they were Bengali speaking and possessed documents in the language on the basis of a circular issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs .
"They are being detained while an inquiry is being held about their bonafide and in some cases, they are even tortured. Kindly pass some interim order that no detention will be held. I have no problem with enquiries but there should not be any detention," Bhushan submitted.
ustice Kant suggested the presence of a nodal agency to coordinate between home and work states and help in establishing the bonafide of the migrant workers.
Justice Bagchi said the scale of migration from eastern states to the northern and southern states was "too much" and a nodal agency could help in managing the verification process.
SC directs ECI to publish list of deleted voters and reason for deletion https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/bihar-voter-list-row-supreme-court-hearing-special-intensive-revision-bihar-polls-live-updates-august-14-2025/article69931451.ece August 14, 2025 The Supreme Court, in its interim order directed th e Election Commission of India to make public a searchable list of 65 lakh voter names deleted from the draft electoral roll, after the Special Intensive Revision Exercise, and give the reason for deletion. In the previous hearing, Justice Joymalya Bagchi summarised the petitioners’ argument that it was a battle between Constitutional entitlement and Constitutional right. The petitioners argued that the Election Commission did not have the right to decide on citizenship, nor de facto remove an elector for the list.