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Hinduism

Prof Mohan Dutta: the worrying rise of right-wing Hindutva thinking

A strain of Hindu nationalism, Hindutva, has grown in global prominence since 2014 under Indian prime minister Narendra Modi’s BJP party. Now tensions are...

Hindutva is not Hinduism

Hindu supremacists have made a concerted effort over several decades to equate their manufactured term “Hindutva” with Hinduism. From the early twentieth century onwards,...

Time to view Hinduism as collage of traditions

By Neera Chandhoke The combative debate in political circles on the distinction between Hinduism and Hindutva gives us a reason to reflect. These are two...

Salman Khurshid: I Don’t Accept Hindutva But Hinduism Is A Beautiful Religion

By Preetha Nair Former Union minister and Congress leader Salman Khurshid is in the eye of a storm over his new book, ‘Sunrise Over Ayodhya:...

Hinduism not about killing but Hindutva is: Rahul Gandhi

JOINING THE debate on Hindutva, senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday drew a distinction between Hinduism and Hindutva. He argued that Hinduism is...

Hindu group’s pressure, 2 days’ police detention ensured Ghar Wapsi of Dalit man

By Mohammed Hussain Ahmed Bijnor: After an uproar over the faith change of a scheduled caste man who was working in a Pune bakery in Maharashtra,...

ON THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN Hinduism and Hindutva

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How Hinduism Became a Political Weapon in India

VARANASI, India—The seven pandits draped in cloth of gold are clearly competing against the five in saffron. In front of thousands of assembled pilgrims,...