Hindutva

There was a 74 percent increase in hate speech in 2024. But neither the government nor the public seems alarmed.

India’s Hindu nationalist symbols and slogans are gaining popularity in Muslim-majority Bangladesh.

Instead of clamping down on those making hate speeches, Uttar Pradesh police are cracking down on journalists and fact-checkers for highlighting it.

Violence erupted early this week in the town of Sambhal when a court-monitored team visited a 16th-century mosque to see if a Hindu temple existed there previously.

Leaders are making unscientific claims of imaginary technological achievements and exaggerated ideas about ancient Indian knowledge systems to build a hyper-nationalist narrative.

“At this juncture, unless the corporates withdraw support from Modi, RSS is not going to undermine Modi’s supremacy.”

Hindu nationalists would like to emulate Israel. They would like to create a Hindu Israel in India.

Modi equates himself to the Divine to entice voters in the Indian general elections.

Modi has made Hindu nationalism acceptable, even desirable, to a nation of 1.4 billion that for decades prided itself on pluralism and secularism.

Join us in the lead up to the Great Indian Election as we explore Narendra Modi’s BJP, and what made it the dominant force in Indian politics.

The ideology of Gandhi’s assassin is now mainstream in the country, while Gandhi himself has been demonized for promoting Hindu-Muslim unity. 

Opposition parties and Hindu religious leaders alike have questioned what role a prime minister has in consecrating an idol.

India's state elections don’t usually foretell national polls, but this time around, many will be looking for signs of a winning strategy.

Hindutva may have proclaimed the supremacy of all things traditional, but it makes no room for diversity, dynamism, dilemmas, and doubt. Such has never been the only Indian way.

The name of the opposition alliance is a bold announcement that the BJP/RSS can’t claim India as their own as they are opposed to the very idea itself.

The jihadist group is attacking Hindutva aggression in India in its publications.

The communal violence of April 2022 was more the norm than the exception in the city of Khambhat.

It is a controversial issue in Indian politics as minorities and opposition parties see it as a vehicle for Hindu majoritarianism.

Although they share a strong affinity in outlook, goals, and methods, Hindutva ideologues were also fanboys of Adolf Hitler.

Indian Americans from diverse faith backgrounds have peacefully lived side by side for several decades but that is now changing.

India’s pursuit of greatness will remain elusive if it fails to address inequality and revive its democratic and secular values.

There is enough evidence that some of these acts amount to crimes against humanity.

Meat shops and slaughter houses in Gurugram near New Delhi will stay shut for nine days during a Jain religious festival.

Notwithstanding the local context of the beheading, it is a continuation of the broader global trend of targeted assassination over blasphemy charges.