カテゴリー: Hinduism
Since 1947, India and Pakistan have shared profound affinities across ferociously policed bordersPankaj Mishra is a novelist and essayist from India; Ali Sethi is a writer and musician from PakistanIn a remarkable document from the 13th century, a Sufi…
Police open cases against Leena Manimekalai for ‘hurting religious sentiments’ with short film Kaali An Indian film director is facing police investigation over the poster for her new film, which depicts the Hindu goddess Kaali smoking a cigarette and …
Gang who stole statues from Hindu temple in India return most items, with note saying they had suffered nightmaresA gang of thieves have returned more than a dozen idols they stole from an ancient Hindu temple in India, saying they had been haunted by …
Win secures status of chief minister Yogi Adityanath, a Hindu monk known for his hardline viewsIndia’s ruling Bharatiya Janata party has claimed victory in four significant state elections, in a sign of the power of Hindu nationalist politics across th…
The Indian journalist Rana Ayyub speaks about the campaign to silence her that has led to charges of sedition and ‘defaming Hindus’When I talked to the journalist Rana Ayyub in her Mumbai home last Wednesday she was calmer than she was when I had spoke…
Ahead of key Uttar Pradesh elections, state police accused of being ‘mercenaries’ of hardline Hindu nationalist government According to police in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, it was suicide. The young Muslim man they had brought into their custod…
If BJP holds Uttar Pradesh it would bolster ruling party’s claim for third victory in 2024 parliamentary pollsIndia’s most populous state, Uttar Pradesh, has begun voting in the first of a series of local elections that will be a test of the popularity…
Unrest triggered when Karnataka state came down in favour of rightwing Hindu demands for headscarf banThe Indian state of Karnataka has shut its schools for three days after the regional government backed schools imposing a ban on hijabs, leading to wi…
Many people expressed outrage that wrappers, featuring Hindu gods, could be thrown in bins or trodden onNestle has withdrawn a special range of KitKats in India which featured images of sacred Hindu deities on the wrapper, after accusations of hurting …
Many people expressed outrage that wrappers, featuring Hindu gods, could be thrown in bins or trodden onNestle has withdrawn a special range of KitKats in India which featured images of sacred Hindu deities on the wrapper, after accusations of hurting …
Hindu extremists are carrying out violent attacks to stop interfaith relationships with MuslimsIt was dark and pelting down with rain as Sameer Parishwadi ran along the railway tracks. Up ahead, as torches darted across the tracks, they shone on to a p…
The dwindling number of places available for the metropolis’s Muslims are becoming religious battlefieldsUntil a few weeks ago, no one had given much thought to the car park outside sector 37 police station in Gurgaon, a satellite city to India’s capit…
Footage shared on social media blamed for igniting violence between communities that left seven dead, buildings torched and many living in fear It was early morning when Achintya Das, a 55-year-old teacher in the city of Cumilla in Bangladesh, was woke…
Fabindia brand ad taken down after BJP claims use of Urdu was offensive to Hindu majorityReleased just as festival season is kicking off across India, it looked like your average advert for festive attire. Models posed, resplendent in red and gold, sho…
Dozens of temples attacked over claims a Qur’an was desecratedDeadly communal violence has broken out in Bangladesh after allegations of the desecration of an Islamic holy book led to dozens of Hindu temples being attacked and police opening fire on a …