Frequent incidents of religious intolerance are quite surprising for many of us, as India is better known for its secular and democratic ideals. However, the recent wave of violence motivated ...

As Bangladesh debates large-scale constitutional reform, one issue in particular is beginning to echo a parallel debate taking place across the border in India. Two words are at the centre of this ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract This paper examines the changing nature of Muslim political mobilization in contemporary India in the context of Hindu nationalism’s ...

New Delhi: Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi has stirred controversy with his recent remarks, stating that secularism is a “European concept” and not needed in India. He made these comments during a public ...

GUJARAT, India (RNS) — In western India, where thousands of monks once worshipped in caves chiseled into the rocky hills, a fight is on to keep Hindu chauvinists from erasing a 2,000-year-old Buddhist ...

On Monday, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi presided over the opening of the Ram Mandir—a Hindu temple—in Ayodhya, a city in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh; this has been a long-standing dream ...