Tukde Tukde Gang

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi टुकड़े टुकड़े गैंग (ṭukṛe ṭukṛe gaiṅg), from Hindi टुकड़ा (ṭukṛā, “fragment”). Coined by the journalist Sudhir Chaudhary, later popularised after an alleged video of Jawaharlal Nehru University students calling for India to be divided during a protest.

Proper noun

Tukde Tukde Gang

1. (India, Indian politics, Hindutva) Leftist mass-media groups and companies that oppose Narendra Modi's administration and Hindutva.

Synonyms

• antinational
• Lutyens' media

Antonyms

• Godi media (for pro-Hindutva or pro-Modi media)