Hinduism
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Modi inaugurates Hindu temple on site of razed mosque in India
Narendra Modi hails controversial opening as fulfilment of ‘dream that many have cherished for years’More than…
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Netflix pulls Indian film after backlash from rightwing Hindu groups
Annapoorani: the Goddess of Food criticised for depiction of deity and member of vegetarian caste cooking and …
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BJP win in India’s 2024 general election ‘almost an inevitability’
Concerns raised over what a third term for Narendra Modi would mean for the country amid rising Hindu-Muslim t…
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‘He’d be horrified at discrimination today’: new film revives message of India’s Dalit champion
Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar is revered as a founder of modern India and for his work fighting the caste system. A n…
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Arundhati Roy is being hounded by the Indian state. This is a test case for its democracy | Meena Kandasamy
That the author could be prosecuted for comments made 13 years ago is absurd – but also a deadly threat to fre…
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‘Whether it costs our lives or not’: killing of Canadian Sikh leader reignites historic fight
Decades-long separatist movement gets new fire with ‘credible allegations’ that India is behind murder of Hard…
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Best of 2023… so far: The trials of an Indian witness: how a Muslim man was caught in a legal nightmare – podcast
Every Friday in August we will publish some of our favourite audio long reads of 2023, in case you missed them…
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‘How will any Muslim feel safe?’ Spate of attacks increases tensions in India
With elections due next year, there are fears unrest will grow as the ruling BJP faces criticism over its alle…
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Manipur: why is there conflict and how is the government responding?
As violence between the Meitei and Kuki communities continues in north-east India, campaigners criticise the a…
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Ignore any lofty claims about the Bollywood hit The Kerala Story: this film will only incite hatred against Muslims | Asim Ali
The controversial film championed by the BJP is an Islamophobic fantasyTwo weeks after I was born in the curfe…
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Trouble at the temple: ban on Muslims a sign of India’s new intolerance
Different faiths were once able to celebrate together in Karnataka. Now Hindu vigilante groups are targeting t…
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The Observer view on the growing threat to democracy in India | Observer editorial
As his country overtakes China as the world’s most populous, Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist government is e…
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Indian government accused of rewriting history after edits to schoolbooks
References to Muslim rulers, deadly riots connected to PM and Gandhi’s dislike of Hindu nationalism removedThe…
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Thirty-six dead after floor of Indian temple collapses
Worshippers in Indore fell into communal water source as they gathered to mark Ram Navami At least 36 people h…
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The trials of an Indian witness: how a Muslim man was caught in a legal nightmare – podcast
Nisar Ahmed was almost killed in the Delhi riots. But when he became a witness in court cases against the alle…