Krutika Pathi
Krutika Pathi is an author at Religion News Service.
All Stories by Krutika Pathi
Once a fringe Indian ideology, Hindu nationalism is now mainstream, thanks to Modi’s decade in power
By Krutika Pathi and Sheikh Saaliq — April 18, 2024
AHMEDABAD, India (AP) — Supporters and critics agree on one thing: Modi has achieved staying power by making Hindu nationalism acceptable — desirable, even — to a nation of 1.4 billion that for decades prided itself on pluralism and secularism
India’s new citizenship law excludes Muslims. Here’s what to know
By Sheikh Saaliq — March 12, 2024
NEW DELHI (AP) — The implementation of the law has been one of the key poll promises of Modi’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party in the run-up to the general election, which is scheduled to be held by May.
Modi’s promised Ram temple is set to open and resonate with Hindus ahead of India’s election
By Biswajeet Banerjee and Sheikh Saaliq — January 18, 2024
NEW DELHI (AP) — Some top leaders from India's main opposition Congress party have turned down invitations to attend, with many opposition lawmakers calling the temple a political project.
What to know about the Sikh independence movement following US accusation that activist was targeted
By Sheikh Saaliq — December 1, 2023
NEW DELHI (AP) — India's Sikh independence movement eventually became a bloody armed insurgency that shook India in the 1970s and 1980s.R
India bars protests that support the Palestinians. Analysts say a pro-Israel shift helps at home
By Sheikh Saaliq and Aijaz Hussain — November 8, 2023
SRINAGAR, India (AP) —The restrictions reflect a shift in India's foreign policy under populist Prime Minister Narendra Modi away from its long-held support for the Palestinians.
1 city, 2 people — and India’s widening religious divide
By Sheikh Saaliq — April 19, 2023
AYODHYA, India (AP) — A deeply entrenched religious divide presents India with one of its biggest challenges: How to safeguard freedoms for its Muslim minority when a rising tide of Hindu nationalism is eroding the country’s secular underpinnings.
Clinging to ancient faith, India tribes seek religion status
By Sheikh Saaliq — November 23, 2022
GUDUTA, India (AP) — Tribal groups have held protests in support of giving Sarna Dharma official religion status ahead of the upcoming national census.
Indians embrace UK’s new Hindu prime minister as their own
By Sheikh Saaliq — October 25, 2022
(AP) — British people of Indian descent celebrated their new prime minister as a “proud Hindu," saying he did not shy away from embracing his faith and Indian culture.
In Kashmir, ‘conscious music’ tests India’s limits on speech
By Sheikh Saaliq and Aijaz Hussain — July 5, 2022
SRINAGAR, India (AP) — A new musical tradition blends progressive Sufi rock with hip-hop in an assertive expression of political aspirations.
Hindu man killed as religious tensions boil in India
By Krutika Pathi and Sheikh Saaliq — June 29, 2022
NEW DELHI (AP) — Experts worry that the latest incident could worsen India’s religious fault lines that critics say have deepened since Hindu nationalist Modi came to power in 2014.
Arrest of Indian Muslim journalist sparks widespread outrage
By Sheikh Saaliq — June 28, 2022
NEW DELHI (AP) — Pratik Sinha, the other co-founder of Alt News, said Zubair was arrested without any notice from police, which is mandatory in the sections of law under which he was detained.
Muslim nations slam India over insulting remarks about Islam
By Sheikh Saaliq — June 7, 2022
NEW DELHI (AP) — The controversial remarks follow increasing violence targeting India’s Muslim minority carried out by Hindu nationalists.
Muslim properties razed in New Delhi after communal violence
By Sheikh Saaliq — April 20, 2022
(AP) — Officials say they are targeting illegal buildings and not any religious group. But critics argue this is the latest attempt to harass Muslims, who make up 14% of India’s 1.4 billion people.
India court upholds ban on hijab in schools and colleges
By Sheikh Saaliq — March 16, 2022
NEW DELHI (AP) — The high court in Karnataka state ruled the Muslim headscarf is not an essential religious practice of Islam, likely to further deepening religious tensions in the country.
Hijab bans deepen Hindu-Muslim fault lines in Indian state
By Sheikh Saaliq — March 15, 2022
UDUPI, India (AP) — The issue has become a flashpoint for the battle over the rights of Muslims, who see hijab restrictions as a worrying escalation of Hindu nationalism.
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