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Tulsi Gabbard and Her Hindutva Connection

Gabbard has openly shown her support for authoritarians abroad including the president of Egypt Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, Syria’s Bashar al-Assad and India’s PM Narendra...

‘Clean chit’ to Narendra Modi did not absolve him in Gujarat 2002

An excerpt from Harsh Mander’s book, ‘Between Memory and Forgetting’ that revisits the communal violence in Gujarat in 2002.

‘Hindutva terror’ acquittals expose India’s deeply compromised criminal justice system

India’s criminal justice system has long been profoundly compromised by its deeply ingrained prejudice against India’s oppressed populations – Dalits, Adivasis, Muslims, women and...

Hollywood film memorializes lynched Australian missionary Graham Staines

It was January of 1999 when Graham was burnt to death with his sons Timothy and Philip – who were only 10 and 6...

Is Hindutva Masculinity on Social Media Producing A Culture of Violence against Women and...

Your Chowkidar is standing firm & serving the nation. But, I am not alone. Everyone who is fighting corruption, dirt, social evils is a Chowkidar. Everyone working...

‘The Graham Staines Story’ a grim reminder of horrors of religious persecution

Two days before the March 29 release of The Least of These: The Graham Staines Story, a Twitter post was being widely circulated, accusing...

Samjhauta acquittals reminder that ‘Hindutva terrorists’ not brought to justice in India: CPI(M)

The acquittal of Aseemanand and three others in the 2007 Samjhauta train blast case is a reminder that "terrorists of extreme Hindutva variety" are...

How Narendra Modi has almost killed the Indian media

The long-simmering crisis of credibility in the Indian news media reached a boiling point in the weeks following the deadly terrorist attack in Pulwama, Jammu...

The Violent Toll of Hindu Nationalism in India

A populist Prime Minister has legitimized India’s more militant groups, and targeted attacks against religious minorities are on the rise.

Kashmir conflict is not just a border dispute between India and Pakistan

Tensions between India and Pakistan have diminished in recent days after repeated military clashes in Kashmir led to fear that the two nuclear powers...

The Modi Years: What has fuelled rising mob violence in India?

The ruling party’s leaders have supported violence in the name of cow protection.

Hindutva fanatics kill man in Odisha after converting to Christianity

The man's name was Anant Ram Gand and he was the father of five children. He was dragged away from his house before his son's eyes. He was baptized two months ago in the Evangelical Church, but his conversion was opposed by the village radicals. President of Persecution Relief: "We want freedom of worship"

India: Government Policies, Actions Target Minorities

A woman walks past security forces patrolling a street in a riot affected area in New Delhi, India, February 26, 2020. © 2020 REUTERS/Adnan...

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