Monthly Archives: August 2018
Ten Years Later, Indians Remember Worst Violence Against Christians
In 2016, India’s Supreme Court ordered the state government to provide additional compensation to families of victims killed and those whose property was destroyed....
‘They don’t feel sorry’: Revisiting Kandhamal 10 years after the violence...
By Priya Ramani
When the madness hit Kandhamal in August 2008, its ripples spreading swiftly to other districts of Odisha, the family of four fled...
Violence Against Christians in India: A Decade After Kandhamal
By M. Sudhir Selvaraj
2008 was the most violent year for Christians in India. Daily newspaper headlines captured the senseless violence in the form of death,...
‘Why I won’t eulogize Vajpayee and you shouldn’t either’
My encounter with Atal Behari Vajpayee after the demolition of the Babri Masjid
Who is protecting the Sanatan Sanstha?
When the Maharashtra Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS) raided a middle class home in Nallasopara, near Mumbai, and arrested the alleged Sanatan Sanstha member Vaibhav...
Historian Audrey Truschke Explains Why The Hindu Right Is Terrified Of...
By Betwa Sharma
NEW DELHI — A day after Audrey Truschke's lecture on Mughal emperor Aurangzeb was canceled in Hyderabad, the American historian, who is...
How the Hindu nationalist RSS woos Indian-Americans
By Walter K Andersen & Shridhar D Damle
The overseas presence of RSS (Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh)-inspired groups is, outside of neighbouring Nepal, strongest in three...
The Rise of Hindu Nationalism and Its Regional and Global Ramifications
This story first appeared on asianstudies.org
