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Usually, manifestos exist on the sidelines of Indian politics – they are barely even read. But for this election, the Congress manifesto is creating waves for its programme of social and economic equity. Prime Minister Modi has accused the Congress of wanting to "redistribute" the wealth of Hindus to Muslim – a point that fact checkers have said is false. The Congress

Tales of love jihad, Muslim appeasement, population growth and forced conversions are made up – yet are incredibly popular throughout India. Social media, journalists and even the prime minister have spread them.In their new book "Love Jihad and Other Fictions", authors Sreenivasan Jain, Mariyam Alavi and Supriya Sharma apply the rules of journalism to bust some of the

On this episode of Scroll Ideas, we discuss the vulnerabilities of the election process in India with Kannan Gopinathan. Kannan Gopinathan was a member of the IAS between 2012 and 2019 and is now an activist. He has earlier studied and worked as an electronics engineer with a background in Very Large-Scale Integration design of integrated circuits. Further reading: https://www.th

Anurag is a writer, filmmaker, satirist and the host of the Anurag Minus Verma Podcast. As a content creator, Anurag has a ringside view of the internet in India. He has also written and thought deeply about what this medium means for Indian culture and politics. And he shares all of that on this episode of Scroll Ideas. Host: Shoaib Daniyal

With 200 million Muslims, India has the third largest population of Muslims of any country on the planet. For nearly a millennium now, Muslims have been a part of India’s mainstream, contributing to its art, culture, politics and economy. However, of late, many Muslims feel a sense of alienation – even of siege – as a new majoritarianism grips India. In this new book, “Bein

This week on Scroll Ideas we have with us Ruchi Gupta. Ruchi is a former joint secretary of the Congress and national in-charge of its student wing. She is also a columnist and a deep thinker on the nuts and bolts of Indian politics. In this 70-minute episode we discuss why politics is so important for any country, why liberals have failed to make a mass impact and what ails the Co

Hindutva is India's most powerful and popular political ideology. Yet, there seems to be little study of how it works on the ground. Kunal Purohit's new book "H-Pop: The Secretive World of Hindutva Pop Stars" fills that gap by looking at the popular culture of Hindu nationalism. We talk to Kunal to explore his research and understand how Hindutva became as widespr

Forty one days into Israel’s attack on the Gaza Strip has seen the Israeli Defence Forces inflict immense damage on Palestinian civilians. The death toll now stands at 14,000, meaning a staggering 1 out of 200 people in Gaza are now dead.For Scroll Ideas, Shoaib Daniyal spoke to the Palestinian ambassador to India, Adnan Abu Alhaijaa, at the Palestinian Embassy in Delhi to unders

On this episode of Scroll Ideas, we are joined by journalist and author, Sugata Srinivasaraju, to discuss his latest book "Strange Burdens, The Politics and Predicaments of Rahul Gandhi". We unpack the persona and politics of Rahul Gandhi and ask: can the Congress leader take on Modi? Host: Shoaib Daniyal Producer: Karnika Kohli

It is a truth almost universally acknowledged that India's Supreme Court is in crisis. Immense backlogs plague the apex court, approaching it is too expensive for most Indians, judge appointments are shrouded in controversy and even something as simple as which judge hears which cases has been the subject of intense and often ugly debate. While anecdotal fixes to the problem a