Same Gun Was Used to Kill Two Critics of Hindu Nationalists in India
Source: The New York Times By Maria Abi-Habib The gun that was used last year to kill a prominent journalist critical of the Indian government was the same weapon […]
India: 21 out of 29 states have prison sentences for slaughtering cows
5 facts about religion in India Source: Pew Research Center By Samirah Majumdar, who is a research analyst focusing on religion at Pew Research Center. India is home to 1.4 […]
India’s Hindu nationalist party suffers defeat at polls
Source: Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s opposition parties inflicted a humiliating defeat on the governing Hindu nationalist party of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in more than a dozen […]
Rights group: Rohingya insurgents massacred Myanmar Hindus
Source: The Washington Post By Todd Pitman | APMay 22 BANGKOK — Amnesty International said Wednesday that Myanmar’s army was not the only group that has slaughtered civilians in the country’s volatile west. […]
India’s Hindu nationalists defeat Congress in state election
Source: Associated Press By ASHOK SHARMA NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party ended Congress party rule in a key southern state on Thursday, but […]
Indian women breaking down barriers to religious leadership
Source: Religion News Service By Priyadarshini Sen PUNE, India (RNS) — Wearing a single piece of unstitched cloth and a grass girdle around his waist, 8-year-old Harshal Kulkarni chants Vedic mantras. […]
A Muslim and a Hindu thought they could be a couple. Then came the ‘love jihad’ hit list.
Source: The Washington Post By Annie Gowen KOLKATA, India — The 21-year-old Hindu college student was having a quiet breakfast with her mother when her phone pinged with a terrifying message. Her […]
The Many Criticisms of Rama and the ‘Anger’ of the Hindu Right
The Wire In: Several days ago, I pointed out on Twitter that Valmiki’s Ramayana contains episodes where Sita criticises Rama, whereas representing Sita as chiding Rama today – as did a recent cartoon – often leads to extreme controversy. I soon found out that many now find intolerable even criticisms preserved within […]
Where 8-Year-Old Was Raped and Killed, Hindus Rally Around Suspects
Source: The New York Times RASANA, Jammu and Kashmir — There was no empathy for the 8-year-old girl. It was as if she barely registered as a human being, as if her life didn’t count except to serve as a target. Police investigators say a gang of young Hindu men […]
Opposition to interfaith marriage in India puts many couples at risk
Source: Religion News Service By Bhavya Dore | April 20, 2018 Hadiya, right, converted to Islam to marry Shafin Jahan. Their marriage has been the center of a large court case and referred […]
Why this India priest carried an ‘untouchable’ into a temple
Source: BBC News A Hindu priest from a temple in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad made headlines for carrying a Dalit (formerly known as untouchable) man on his shoulders into the temple’s inner sanctum. It has been seen as a dramatic move because Dalits have historically been denied entry […]
Hindu ‘nationalists’ defend accused rapists and shame India
Source: The Washington Post By Barkha Dutt An Indian social activist holds a placard in February 2017 during a protest against a rape at Hauz Khas village in New Delhi. (Sajjad Hussain/AFP/Getty Images) This post has been updated, 8:41 a.m. Dear India: Where are our candlelight marches, our outrage and our […]
Muslim rape-murder case in India disrupted by Hindu groups
Source: The Guardian Arrest of temple custodian leads to confrontation between police and dozens of Hindu lawyers BY Michael Safi in Delhi A protest on Wednesday against the rape and murder […]
Couple Can Reunite in ‘Love Jihad’ Case, India’s Supreme Court Rules
Source: The New York Times By MARIA ABI-HABIB and SUHASINI RAJAPRIL 10, 2018 The Supreme Court ruled that Hadiya, center, had a right to choose her spouse and convert to another religion. CreditSivaram V/Reuters India’s Supreme Court has upheld the right of citizens to choose their spouse and convert to another religion, a landmark […]
Converting to Buddhism as a Form of Political Protest
Source: The Atlantic Low-caste Indians are leaving Hinduism en masse—partly to stick it to their prime minister. A conversion ceremony in Shirasgaon, India, in 2018Krithika Varagur BY KRITHIKA VARAGUR SHIRASGAON, India—More than 500 low-caste Hindus filled the Veera Maidan, an open field at the edge of a dusty Maharashtra village, […]
The myth of the Indian vegetarian nation
Source: BBC By Soutik Biswas, India correspondent What are the most common myths and stereotypes about what Indians eat? The biggest myth, of course, is that India is a largely vegetarian […]
Indian ‘cow protectors’ jailed for life over murder of Muslim man
Source: The Guardian BY Michael Safi in Delhi Eleven men were part of mob that attacked Alimuddin Ansari, who was transporting beef The cow is considered sacred by many Hindus. Photograph: Sanjeev […]
Hindu priests burn hundreds of mango trees in prayer ritual to curb ‘pollution’
Source: The Washington Post By Swati Gupta More than 350 Hindu priests have gathered in India this week for a multiday religious ceremony to pray that the gods deliver them […]
India’s Hindu right intensifies a religious battle over a demolished mosque
Source: The Washington Post By Annie Gowen AYODHYA, India — The mob of Hindu fundamentalists brought down the mosque in just a few hours, using pickaxes, rope and their bloody, bare hands. […]
Special Report: By rewriting history, Hindu nationalists aim to assert their dominance over India
Source:Reuters BY Rupam Jain, Tom Lasseter 12 MIN READ The government of Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi had quietly appointed the committee of scholars about six months earlier. Details of […]
