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.