Kohima, March 7 (MTNews): Governor of Nagaland, La. Ganesan has extended warm Holi greetings to the people of Nagaland. He said that Holi is a festival of social harmony which brings joy and hope. “Holi festival with its vibrant colours accentuates positivity and the triumph of good over evil. Let us keep in …
During a question-and-answer session, a volunteer asked Yadavrao Joshi, the then head of Sangh workers of South India, “We say RSS is a Hindu organization. We say we are a Hindu nation, and India belongs to Hindus. We also say in the same breath that Muslims and Christians are welcome to follow their faith and …
The history of the Hindutva movement can be traced back to the formation of the Calcutta Dharma Sabha in 1831. Though the origin of Hindutva proper can be traced to Dayananda Saraswati (1824-1883), its philosophy was developed by Bal Gangadhar Tilak, V.D. Savarkar, and K. B. Hedgewar. The culmination of this philosophy was the formulation …
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How does the Home Ministry in Delhi get to impose Hindi in the schools of the Northeast? Good question. But let’s start from the beginning because history matters, and in this case the past has caught up with the present with vengeance. In the early 1950s, Mahasabha activist Bhuddeshwar Gohain, Headmaster of Seikho Government …
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Mokokchung, April 11 (MTNews): The Global Naga Forum (GNF) on Monday stated that a “Hindi-Hindu-centric national education” in Nagaland and the whole of the Northeast is the BJP’s current goal, and making Hindi compulsory is an intentional step in that direction. It termed the imposition of Hindi in the eight northeastern states as a vision …
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The Hindu community of Mokokchung celebrated the Holi festival today with much cheer and gaiety. All shops and business establishments belonging to the community remained closed in Mokokchung town as they celebrated the festival of colors. Seen here are some Holi revelers splashed in Holi colors, Mokokchung, March 18. (MTNews photo)
