Hindu Nationalism
Since the end of the 1980s, Hindu nationalism has emerged as a major political force in India. Although it had played only a marginal role in Indian politics for many decades, the Hi...
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Kathmandu (dpa) - Hundreds of Hindu activists demonstrated in
Kathmandu Saturday calling for Nepal to be officially declared a
Hindu nation once again.
The de...
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Leaders of India's Jewish community expressed outrage Sunday over a new line of bedspreads called "The Nazi Collection" from a Mumbai-based home furnishing company that used swastikas in its promot...
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New Delhi (dpa) - The western Indian town of Nagpur was tense
Saturday as hundreds of lower caste Hindus or Dalits attended a rally
to protest new laws making conversion fro...
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KATHMANDU, Jan 9 (Reuters) - Ignoring social taboos in this
conservative nation, a Nepali radio programme on safe sex is
spreading awareness against HIV/AIDS and offers life-saving
advice to young...
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Across the street from the house where Mohandas K. Gandhi was shot and killed 60 years ago Wednesday stands India's National Defense College, an institution that certainly would have troubled the i...
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These days, it seems, the huddled masses are yearning to get free TVs. Declaring color television a basic necessity, an Indian political party promised free sets to the poor and swept to power in M...
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AHMADABAD, India — Hindu nationalists won a crucial test of political support Sunday with a resounding victory in a state election, fought in the shadow of anti-Muslim riots that left more th...
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NEW DELHI, Dec 24 (Reuters) - Stung by its big loss to the
Hindu nationalists in a key state vote, India's ruling Congress
party is expected to switch to damage-control and populism
ahead of natio...
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In the narrow alleys where Muslim families cowered from murderous Hindu mobs, the survivors still fear one man above all others.Narendra Modi's bearded face stares from street corners, T-shirts, ke...
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