Hindu nationalism
How India’s foray to the moon might help faiths get along here below
By Murali Balaji — August 24, 2023
(RNS) — In the success of the Chandrayaan-3 is a chance to build a more inclusive nationalism.
Explaining the Hindu divide at the Parliament of the World’s Religions
By Anantanand Rambachan — August 23, 2023
(RNS) — It shouldn’t be hard to see why fusing of religious and national identity causes anxiety and fear.
The ‘India problem’ under the surface at the Parliament of the World’s Religions
By Richa Karmarkar — August 18, 2023
(RNS) — Hindu organizations say they were uniquely singled out for their views on the contentious Indian political atmosphere, leaving some Hindus wondering why they must be tied to the politics of India at an event centered on cultivating harmony between the world's religious communities.
India’s northern Haryana state tense after 5 killed in communal clashes between Hindus and Muslims
By Piyush Nagpal — August 2, 2023
NUH, India (AP) — The violence began Monday afternoon when Hindus and Muslims clashed with each other in Haryana’s Nuh district during a religious procession by a Hindu nationalist group.
The abuse of Christian women in Manipur tells a tragic story of the new India
By Joseph D'Souza — July 24, 2023
(RNS) — Indian authorities are ignoring attacks by radicalized Hindus on Christians.
Shashank Sharma sets record for visiting most houses of worship in one month
By Bhavya Dore — June 28, 2023
MUMBAI (RNS) — From temples to mosques to churches, Sharma earned a Guinness World Record when he visited 76 in one month.
If India and the US really share values, Biden must call out Modi
By Sunita Viswanath and Sim Singh Attariwala — June 23, 2023
(RNS) — A state visit is more an occasion for course correction than celebration.
How India’s Modi has extended Hindu nationalist sway over the country’s media
By Kalpana Jain — June 7, 2023
(RNS) — The increasingly authoritarian Modi government’s latest proposal is a fact checking unit that will strike social media content deemed ‘fake or misleading,’ causing fears that the scope of government censorship on news organizations is expanding.
A ‘pilgrimage of love’ seeks Indian Hindu leaders willing to condemn Hindu nationalism
By Nikhil Mandalaparthy — April 24, 2023
(RNS) — Past religious leaders have spoken against hate originating from their own religious traditions.
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.
India has turned a manhunt into mass repression. Journalists need to ask why.
By Simran Jeet Singh — March 27, 2023
(RNS) — As several countries slide toward fascism, journalists' questions become more necessary and urgent.
In remote Himalayan desert, Buddhists, Muslims, Christians unite to protect land, heritage
By Priyadarshini Sen — March 2, 2023
NEW DELHI (RNS) — The movement has been effective because ‘faith leaders are trusted more than political parties,’ said one activist in the region.
Hindus only: How religious nationalism has spread through India’s villages
By Priyadarshini Sen — February 15, 2023
KADAPA, India (RNS) — A village of just 250 families put up a clear warning to non-Hindus wanting to enter.
How America can stop India’s anti-Christian crusade in its tracks
By David Curry — February 9, 2023
(Global Christian Relief) — The world’s largest democracy should be protecting the religious rights of all of its people.
Acknowledging the reality of caste is not Hinduphobia
By Anantanand Rambachan — December 12, 2022
(RNS) — Hindu organizations need to cease the knee-jerk response of branding public discussions of caste as Hinduphobic and acknowledge the inhumanity, injustice and oppression of the system.
