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Why an Indian film’s success at the box office should worry us all

By Rana Ayyub The young Muslim man watches his wife being killed in the name of jihad. The man had been living a quiet domestic life...

India’s Hindu hardliners attack Muslim ex-foreign minister’s home

Hindu hardliners have attacked and set fire to the home of a former Indian foreign minister, police say, in the latest incident of religious...

The abuse of technology Modi won’t be talking about

By Elaine Pearson This week, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will give a keynote address at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute’s Sydney Dialogue, along with Prime...

‘Killed civilians assembled in nearby showroom first’: Eyewitness account of Srinagar ‘gunfight’

By Junaid Kathju Following the killing of four people in a “gunfight” in Hyderpora area of Srinagar, eyewitnesses said that the people killed in the incident...

Hindu extremists set fire to house of a Muslim leader

"Hindu extremists affiliated to RSS set congress leader & former union minister Salman Khurshid’s house on fire for criticizing Hindutva, the ideology of India’s...

Sulli Deals: Organised attempt to blame a Muslim youth for the app

By MOHAMMED ZUBAIR, PRATIK SINHA & POOJA CHAUDHURI On July 4, dozens of Muslim women in India found themselves “up for sale” on an app that went by the name...

Modi’s India points to perils of white nationalism in US, UK

By Pankaj Mishra The recent gubernatorial election in Virginia and the British government’s campaign against “woke” cultural institutions provide the latest evidence that White nationalism is...

‘No Land’s People’ — the story of ‘systemic’ disenfranchisement in India

By PARVIN SULTANA Abhishek Saha’s book, No Land’s People, starts on a personal note. His grandmother, Alata Rani, entered the state of Assam holding her...

Opinion | From Modi to Yogi: The Militant Monk Who Could Lead India to...

By Swati Chaturvedi Yogi Adityanath, the diminutive 49 year-old saffron-clad fire-breathing monk and chief minister of Uttar Pradesh (India’s most populous and thus, electorally, its...

Two Journalists in India Arrested as Media Crackdown Continues

By Emily Schmall and Hari Kumar NEW DELHI — Two journalists in India were arrested after they went to cover religiously motivated violence in a northeastern state, the latest in...

India’s Assam Eviction Drive Heightens Insecurities of State’s Muslim Population

By Anjana Pasricha MUMBAI — An eviction drive in India’s northeastern state of Assam of residents living on government-owned land has heightened insecurities among the state’s...

Opinion: Rahul Gandhi’s Anti-Hindutva Remark Is A Good Move

By Ashutosh Many political pundits believe that Rahul Gandhi is caught between the devil and the deep sea on the question of Hindutva. If he...

‘This Is Nothing but Revenge’: Family of Arrested J&K Tribal Activist

By ISHFAQ RESHI The family members of a tribal activist, who was arrested by the Jammu and Kashmir police for allegedly instigating people, have rejected the...

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