Thursday, July 02, 2026

Culture and exclusion

 Collated by Tusar Nath Mohapatra

Publication of ‘Sri Aurobindo and His Ashram in Contemporary Newspapers’ in two volumes

Dear Friends and Well-wishers of Overman Foundation, We are happy to announce the publication of our new book entitled Sri Aurobindo and His Ashram in...

Suresh Chandra Banerji: The Doctor with a Golden Heart by Anurag Banerjee

On 5th August 1921, a doctor passed away at his hill-top residence named ‘Alma House’ in Nainital. At the time of his death, he was...

Sri Aurobindo and the Modern Academic World by Dr. Sachidananda Mohanty

The most direct path to catastrophe is to treat complex problems as if they are obvious to everyone. —Stephen Marche on the Artificial Intelligence (AI)...

Four Hundred and Fifty Photographs of the Mother with Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya

Dear Friends, Born in Berhampur, West Bengal, Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya (18 October 1923—8 January 2010) was the eldest son of Dakshinapada Bhattacharya and Prafullamoyee Devi....

A Tribute to Aurovillian Pashi alias Prakash Chandra Kapur by Paulette Hadnagy

Pashi Kapur, who marked Auroville in many ways, left us on Friday evening, October 20th, 2023. He was 91. From the Sri Aurobindo Ashram’s Nursing...

Abinash Chandra Banerji: The First Commentator in India on Specific Relief Act by Anurag Banerjee

‘He is not dead whose noble life Leads thine on high; To live in hearts we leave behind Is not to die.’ These were the...

24 January 2024: Centenary of Dilip Kumar Roy’s First Meeting with Sri Aurobindo

Dear Friends, Dilip Kumar Roy (22 January 1897—6 January 1980) had first heard of Sri Aurobindo as a great Yogi in 1923 from his friend...

Krishna Chakravarti: In Memoriam by Anurag Banerjee

Dear Friends, She was one of those rare souls who was feared and loved: feared for her courageous personality, straightforwardness and uncompromising attitude and loved...

Publication of Dr. Prema Nandakumar’s new book, “Sri Aurobindo’s Interpretation of Indian Culture”

Dear Friends and Well-wishers, Overman Foundation is happy to announce the publication of its new book “Sri Aurobindo’s Interpretation of Indian Culture” authored by Dr....

The Essence of Savitri by R.Y. Deshpande

What is Savitri? What is Savitri? There are two answers to this question. The first answer is, it is a story of conjugal love. In...


[HTML] Four ideological turns in the construction of the Indian nation: Historical evolution and contemporary implications

H He, S Zhou - International Journal of Anthropology and Ethnology, 2026
… In order to alter its long-standing marginal status in the political arena, the BJP
promptly adjusted its guiding ideology, shifting from the earlier moderate line that
emphasized “Gandhian socialism” and “humanism” toward a more pronounced …

[PDF] The Politics of Reinterpretation: Constitutional Flexibility & Hindu Majoritarianism in India

B Mehrota - Confluence: The Undergraduate Journal of Discourse …, 2026
… A central mechanism through which the BJP advances its Hindutva project is the
categorical reframing of Hinduism as a culture rather than a … As Shani argues, the
BJP explicitly insists that “Hindutva as a ‘nationalist, and not a religious or theocratic …

[PDF] 'The Constitution is our only Weapon': Resisting and Countering the Assault on the Citizenship Rights of Muslim Women in India and Uttar Pradesh

S Chigateri - 2026
This research documents and analyses what assaults on the Muslim community in
India over the last several years mean for the citizenship rights of Muslim women.
Based on the findings of primary and secondary research carried out in …

[PDF] Modood, Tariq y Thomas Sealy. 2024. The new governance of religious diversity. Cambridge: Polity Press. 180 p.

C de la Cruz-Ayuso - Deusto Journal of Human Rights, 2026
… Fenómenos como la politización de la identidad evangélica en Estados Unidos,
el ascenso del Hindutva en la India y la compleja integración de las comunidades
musulmanas en Europa demuestran que la religión persiste como una dimensión …

[PDF] How TMC became the latest party to fall to BJP's 'divide, defect, dominate'playbook

P Sinharay - The Indian Express, 2026
… At the popular level, the BJP, being a regimented party, is likely to recreate the
party society model of yesteryears to penetrate every sphere of public life,
foregrounding the Hindutva ideology and the vision of neoliberal development. The …

[PDF] Faith on the Margins of the Schedule: Religious Identification, Tribal Identity Salience and the Delisting Debate among Scheduled Tribes of Ranchi District, Jharkhand

DA Bara, PK Panda
… Politically, they read delisting as a Hindutva strategy of boundary-drawing: the
same organisations that would expel Christian converts from the Schedule
simultaneously claim Sarna and “Sanatan” as one cultural stream, so that, as critics …

Globalize the Intifada: Integrating Historical Materialism to Critically Examine Pro‐Palestine Solidarity Motivations in the 'I'm Not Palestinian but'Action

MD Pham, J Acevedo, A Sarmal - European Journal of Social Psychology, 2026
… For example, an Indian person recognized: ‘Sick Hindutva ideology destroyed my
country’s souls and [the] West kept acting blind.’ Specifically on the United Nations’
historical failure to hold Israel accountable for their war crimes (Middle East Eye …

[PDF] The Rise and Decline of Communist Left in India: A Marxian Analysis and Implications for South Korea

A Chakrabarti, S Jeong
… Even non-state right-wing offshoots tied to the Hindutva ideology, who are far
removed from parliamentary politics and electoral contents, are known to use
violence. Likewise, extraparliamentary caste senas in places like Bihar and …

[HTML] The search for a lost fragment of Netaji Bose's Singapore memorial

A Kamalakaran - 2026
For some Indian history buffs visiting Singapore, a pilgrimage to the Esplanade Park
is essential. It is the site of what is locally known as the Former Indian National Army
Monument. Here, in July 1945, Subhas Chandra Bose laid the foundation stone for a …

Neoliberal State Against the People

S Pal - Critical Media Perspectives on the 2024 Bangladesh …, 2026