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🧵As the Cockroach Janta Party's march to parliament gets underway, the union government has deployed the Delhi Police, CRPF and the Rapid Action Force. Roads surrounding Jantar Mantar have been sealed, and there are reports of internet access being curtailed. #cjpprotest

🧵As the Cockroach Janta Party's march to parliament gets underway, the union government has deployed the Delhi Police, CRPF and the Rapid Action Force. Roads surrounding Jantar Mantar have been sealed, and there are reports of internet access being curtailed. #cjpprotest

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Crowds continue to gather at the Jantar Mantar protest site. The queue to access the protest site now stretches all the way back to the Janpath Metro station entry point. Video by Puja Sen (Puja Sen) #JantarMantar

Crowds continue to gather at the Jantar Mantar protest site. The queue to access the protest site now stretches all the way back to the Janpath Metro station entry point. Video by Puja Sen (Puja Sen) #JantarMantar

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The police has put up barricades all around the CJP protest site at Jantar Mantar. However, the sheer number of people seeking to join the protest overwhelms one barricade near Connaught Place. #cjpprotest

The police has put up barricades all around the CJP protest site at Jantar Mantar. However, the sheer number of people seeking to join the protest overwhelms one barricade near Connaught Place. #cjpprotest

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25 July | Updates on the Jantar Mantar protest Speaking to Sunil Kashyap, Rajat, a 28-year-old activist with Joint Action Committee at Benares Hindu University, said that at around 3.30 am, the Delhi Police detained several students from Varanasi in the Green Park area in Delhi. They were spraying slogans on walls, opposing paper leaks and the BJP government—one slogan said “Modi Shame” and another said “Shame Shah,” referring to the prime minister Narendra Modi and union home minister Amit Shah, respectively. The students have been detained at the Hauz Khas Police Station. Reporting by Sunil Kashyap The Second video at night is courtesy bystanders.

25 July | Updates on the Jantar Mantar protest Speaking to Sunil Kashyap, Rajat, a 28-year-old activist with Joint Action Committee at Benares Hindu University, said that at around 3.30 am, the Delhi Police detained several students from Varanasi in the Green Park area in Delhi. They were spraying slogans on walls, opposing paper leaks and the BJP government—one slogan said “Modi Shame” and another said “Shame Shah,” referring to the prime minister Narendra Modi and union home minister Amit Shah, respectively. The students have been detained at the Hauz Khas Police Station. Reporting by Sunil Kashyap The Second video at night is courtesy bystanders.

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The RSS Project is out now! Explore the network map here: For a deeper reflection on why such an intervention is necessary, see Felix Pal’s (Felix Pal) essay, “Exposing the largest far-right network in history”, read here:

The RSS Project is out now! Explore the network map here: For a deeper reflection on why such an intervention is necessary, see Felix Pal’s (Felix Pal) essay, “Exposing the largest far-right network in history”, read here:

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Seeing the Sangh is the world’s first comprehensive map of the organisational affiliates surrounding the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh—which together constitute the largest far-right network in the world. This interactive dataset, which currently includes comprehensive qualitative and quantitative data on over two thousand and five hundred organisations, is stored at a repository housed at the Science Po’s Centre for International Studies (CERI), and has been fact-checked and published by The Caravan. It will be available soon. Tags: [#SeeingTheSangh #rss100years]

Seeing the Sangh is the world’s first comprehensive map of the organisational affiliates surrounding the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh—which together constitute the largest far-right network in the world. This interactive dataset, which currently includes comprehensive qualitative and quantitative data on over two thousand and five hundred organisations, is stored at a repository housed at the Science Po’s Centre for International Studies (CERI), and has been fact-checked and published by The Caravan. It will be available soon. Tags: [#SeeingTheSangh #rss100years]

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While Prime Minister Narendra Modi has hailed it as the world's largest non-governmental organization (NGO), a lesser-known fact is that the RSS is not a registered entity. Despite controlling a significant portfolio of properties, its name does not appear on the official paperwork for those assets. This unique structure is seen by many as a strategic measure to avoid legal challenges and maintain a degree of operational ambiguity. In the 42nd episode of The Caravan Baatcheet, staff writer Amrita Singh (Amrita) talked to host Vishnu Sharma (V!shnu) about how the Sangh operates, the way it maintains control over its properties, and the possible motives behind its decision to remain an unregistered entity. Watch here:

While Prime Minister Narendra Modi has hailed it as the world's largest non-governmental organization (NGO), a lesser-known fact is that the RSS is not a registered entity. Despite controlling a significant portfolio of properties, its name does not appear on the official paperwork for those assets. This unique structure is seen by many as a strategic measure to avoid legal challenges and maintain a degree of operational ambiguity. In the 42nd episode of The Caravan Baatcheet, staff writer Amrita Singh (Amrita) talked to host Vishnu Sharma (V!shnu) about how the Sangh operates, the way it maintains control over its properties, and the possible motives behind its decision to remain an unregistered entity. Watch here:

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At the middle of the Gadkari family's sprawling agro-business empire is Rembal Agro, a beef company that has quietly risen to international prominence. Rehan Ahmed Qureshi, a Nagpur resident who managed operations on the ground for Rembal, told The Caravan’s former staff writer, Kaushal Shroff, that he entered the business because he believed Gadkari’s ownership would offer a measure of safety. In March 2022, one of the beef exporter’s trucks was seized by the Maharashtra police in Lonavala. The case left a large hole in Rehan’s pocket and he described going to the Gadkari household three or four times, to meet the minister’s son, Nikhil Gadkari. Each time, Nikhil gave him empty assurances. Rehan was cut loose, and disappointed. And here lies the issue. Nothing the Gadkaris are doing is patently illegal, apart from perhaps false advertising. But, while the companies’ owners derive steep profits from selling beef, which contributes the single largest portion of Rembal’s revenue, the histrionic cow-protection politics the Bharatiya Janata Party unleashed has ended up criminalising Muslim workers of their own enterprises. Read the entire report by Shroff: #nitingadkari #beef

At the middle of the Gadkari family's sprawling agro-business empire is Rembal Agro, a beef company that has quietly risen to international prominence. Rehan Ahmed Qureshi, a Nagpur resident who managed operations on the ground for Rembal, told The Caravan’s former staff writer, Kaushal Shroff, that he entered the business because he believed Gadkari’s ownership would offer a measure of safety. In March 2022, one of the beef exporter’s trucks was seized by the Maharashtra police in Lonavala. The case left a large hole in Rehan’s pocket and he described going to the Gadkari household three or four times, to meet the minister’s son, Nikhil Gadkari. Each time, Nikhil gave him empty assurances. Rehan was cut loose, and disappointed. And here lies the issue. Nothing the Gadkaris are doing is patently illegal, apart from perhaps false advertising. But, while the companies’ owners derive steep profits from selling beef, which contributes the single largest portion of Rembal’s revenue, the histrionic cow-protection politics the Bharatiya Janata Party unleashed has ended up criminalising Muslim workers of their own enterprises. Read the entire report by Shroff: #nitingadkari #beef

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"We would go to Lahore, but my mother’s parents lived in Ferozepur, which is about a three-hour train journey from Lahore. It is now very close to the border, but it wasn’t then, when there was no border. And I remember one occasion when we were on the train going to Ferozepur and it stopped in a little wayside station, and stopped for longer than it usually did. And then we saw this group of people coming down the platform handcuffed, with the police around them. They were shouting “Inquilab Zindabad” and “Azadi.” And for me, as a child, that was the call I recognised of the national movement." Watch here: Hartosh Singh Bal (Hartosh Singh Bal) The Caravan’s executive editor, speaks to Thapar about the book, her early years, teaching at the Centre for Historical Studies in Jawaharlal Nehru University, reactions to her work as a public intellectual, and her approach to history. Read the full interview here:

"We would go to Lahore, but my mother’s parents lived in Ferozepur, which is about a three-hour train journey from Lahore. It is now very close to the border, but it wasn’t then, when there was no border. And I remember one occasion when we were on the train going to Ferozepur and it stopped in a little wayside station, and stopped for longer than it usually did. And then we saw this group of people coming down the platform handcuffed, with the police around them. They were shouting “Inquilab Zindabad” and “Azadi.” And for me, as a child, that was the call I recognised of the national movement." Watch here: Hartosh Singh Bal (Hartosh Singh Bal) The Caravan’s executive editor, speaks to Thapar about the book, her early years, teaching at the Centre for Historical Studies in Jawaharlal Nehru University, reactions to her work as a public intellectual, and her approach to history. Read the full interview here:

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While Prime Minister Narendra Modi has hailed RSS as the world's largest non-governmental organization (NGO), a lesser-known fact is that the RSS is not a registered entity. Despite controlling a significant portfolio of properties, its name does not appear on the official paperwork for those assets. This unique structure is seen by many as a strategic measure to avoid legal challenges and maintain a degree of operational ambiguity. In this episode of #TheCaravanBaatcheet, staff writer Amrita Singh (Amrita) talks to host Vishnu Sharma (V!shnu) about how the Sangh operates, the way it maintains control over its properties, and the possible motives behind its decision to remain an unregistered entity. Watch now to understand the inner workings and the hidden structure of this unaccountable organisation: #RSSorg #RSS100Years #SanghParivar

While Prime Minister Narendra Modi has hailed RSS as the world's largest non-governmental organization (NGO), a lesser-known fact is that the RSS is not a registered entity. Despite controlling a significant portfolio of properties, its name does not appear on the official paperwork for those assets. This unique structure is seen by many as a strategic measure to avoid legal challenges and maintain a degree of operational ambiguity. In this episode of #TheCaravanBaatcheet, staff writer Amrita Singh (Amrita) talks to host Vishnu Sharma (V!shnu) about how the Sangh operates, the way it maintains control over its properties, and the possible motives behind its decision to remain an unregistered entity. Watch now to understand the inner workings and the hidden structure of this unaccountable organisation: #RSSorg #RSS100Years #SanghParivar

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“‘I want to be an autonomous woman,’ I kept saying to everybody”: Romila Thapar on life, teaching and what led her to history Hartosh Singh Bal (Hartosh Singh Bal), The Caravan’s executive editor, speaks to Thapar in this interview about the book, her early years, teaching at the Centre for Historical Studies in Jawaharlal Nehru University, reactions to her work as a public intellectual, and her approach to history. Watch here: Visit for the full video. Subscribe now for access.

“‘I want to be an autonomous woman,’ I kept saying to everybody”: Romila Thapar on life, teaching and what led her to history Hartosh Singh Bal (Hartosh Singh Bal), The Caravan’s executive editor, speaks to Thapar in this interview about the book, her early years, teaching at the Centre for Historical Studies in Jawaharlal Nehru University, reactions to her work as a public intellectual, and her approach to history. Watch here: Visit for the full video. Subscribe now for access.

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As we near #KarnatakaElections2023, read our May cover story on BL Santhosh, the BJP’s general secretary, his rise to power and how the generation of BJP and RSS karyakartas he has groomed are re-engineering Karnataka. Greeshma Kuthar reports:

As we near #KarnatakaElections2023, read our May cover story on BL Santhosh, the BJP’s general secretary, his rise to power and how the generation of BJP and RSS karyakartas he has groomed are re-engineering Karnataka. Greeshma Kuthar reports:

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