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Hindu Nationalism
February 03, 2023
Hindu Nationalism on Display in India’s G20 Presidency
By Ritumbra Manuvie and Alena Kahle
The G-20 must avoid giving legitimacy to an exclusionary nation-branding project in which minorities are banished to the sidelines.
December 09, 2021
In Nepal, Calls Grow for the Restoration of a Hindu State
By Santosh Sharma Poudel
A resurgent Hindu nationalism in the former Hindu kingdom is drawing strength from India’s ruling BJP.
September 01, 2021
Is Nepal’s Secularism Under Threat?
By Kamal Dev Bhattarai
Growing calls for a Hindu state underline popular dissatisfaction with Nepal’s long stretch of political instability.
August 20, 2021
Delhi’s Anti-Muslim Riots Robbed Dozens of Children of Their Fathers
By Tarushi Aswani
For the families of the 53 people killed in the February 2020 riots, the violence has left a deep and permanent wound.
June 01, 2021
Lakshadweep: Trouble in Paradise?
By Sudha Ramachandran
A series of controversial changes by a BJP appointee is causing concern on the island chain.
October 03, 2020
India’s Illiberal Turn and the Indo-Pacific
By Ankit Panda
How will internal developments in India affect its foreign relations?
August 06, 2020
Modi Lays Foundation of Hindu Temple at Razed Mosque Site
By Associated Press
India’s prime minister attended the ground-breaking for a controversial temple built on the site of the demolished 16th century Babri mosque.
August 04, 2020
Ram Temple and the Triumph of Sangh Parivar
By Avishek Jha
The groundbreaking on the controversial temple is a testament to the Hindu nationalist movement’s total dominance of society and politics in India.
April 29, 2020
US Religious Freedom Watchdog Highlights ‘Campaigns of Harassment and Violence’ Against Minorities in India
By Ankit Panda
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom gave India its lowest rating in the annual report for 2020.
March 30, 2020
Why India’s Ruling Party Is Cultivating the Memory of Deendayal Upadhyaya
By Krzysztof Iwanek
Upadhyaya’s Integral Humanism looms large over today’s BJP.
March 25, 2020
Delhi’s Displaced Muslims
By Yashraj Sharma
For many Muslims displaced by February’s violence in the Indian capital, solace and stability are remote.
March 06, 2020
Critics of India’s Modi Government Face Sedition Charges
By Associated Press
Freedom of political expression remains under siege in Modi’s India.
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