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Maharashtra’s voters are reduced to choosing between two brands of odious Hindutva

Maharashtra’s politics has been pushed so far to the right that progressive voices are endorsing the Maha Vikas Aghadi – which includes Uddhav Thackeray’s faction of the Shiv Sena, with its history of Hindutva vigilantism

By Imaad ul Hasan

/ 19 Nov 2024

Maharashtra politician Uddhav Thackeray, wearing a beige kurta, stands in front of a mike with his arms spread out. In the ba

Southasia Review of Books podcast #09: Geetanjali Shree and Daisy Rockwell on ‘Our City That Year’ and India’s invisible partitions

The International Booker Prize-winning author-translator duo discuss their latest book – and why its story, based loosely around the 1992 demolition of the Babri Masjid, remains deeply relevant today

By The Editors

/ 14 Oct 2024

Rising hatred against India’s minority Muslim community is a central theme in Geentanjali Shree’s ‘Our City That Year’, trans

The secret new faiths of Indian believers navigating harsh anti-conversion laws and repression

New laws prohibiting “coerced” religious conversions are added obstacles for people looking to convert from Hinduism in BJP-ruled India

By Sumaiya Ali

/ 27 Sep 2024

The secret new faiths of Indian believers navigating harsh anti-conversion laws and repression

Modi’s tussle with the RSS echoes old power struggles within India’s Hindu Right

The BJP’s reduced seat count after the 2024 election prompted rare public criticism from the RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat, offering a glimpse into the recurring power struggle between the two organisations

By Abhishek Dey

/ 20 Sep 2024

Modi’s tussle with the RSS echoes old power struggles within India’s Hindu Right

State of Southasia #06: Harsh Mander on fighting the Hindu right’s project of hate in India

The peace activist Harsh Mander says that hate crimes against Muslims that the Modi regime allowed and incentivised in its first two terms will not abate only because of the BJP’s recent electoral setback

By The Editors

/ 1 Jul 2024

State of Southasia #06: Harsh Mander on fighting the Hindu right’s project of hate in India

An India Out campaign gives the beleaguered Bangladesh Nationalist Party a chance at resurgence

For Bangladesh’s main opposition party, the campaign against India’s hegemony might be the only card left to play against the ruling Awami League

By Anupam Debashis Roy

/ 5 Jun 2024

An India Out campaign gives the beleaguered Bangladesh Nationalist Party a chance at resurgence

Modi has forcibly integrated Kashmir with India but erased Kashmiris

In the Modi years, India’s Hindu Right has achieved the near-complete subjugation of Indian-administered Kashmir, with the revocation of Article 370, increased militarisation and suspension of elections

By Anuradha Bhasin

/ 9 May 2024

Modi has forcibly integrated Kashmir with India but erased Kashmiris

India’s friendly standing and moral status in Sri Lanka are at the mercy of Hindutva and hypernationalism

New Delhi has earned goodwill in Colombo, but the end of Indian pluralism can embolden Sinhala extremists while Katchatheevu and fishing conflicts risk inflaming nationalist passions

By Tisaranee Gunasekara

/ 1 May 2024

India’s friendly standing and moral status in Sri Lanka are at the mercy of Hindutva and hypernationalism

Modi could squander an unprecedented chance at normalising India–Pakistan ties

Mired in economic and internal crises, Pakistan is primed for normalisation and trade with India – but Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist government, beholden to anti-Muslim politics, is failing to seize the chance

By Salman Rafi Sheikh

/ 10 Apr 2024

Modi could squander an unprecedented chance at normalising India–Pakistan ties

The persistent risks of love across social norms in India

Couples in inter-caste and inter-faith relationships continue to battle discriminatory societal attitudes and legislation – and the Uniform Civil Code could make things worse

By Ankush Pal and Alfiya Azeem Khan

/ 2 Apr 2024

The persistent risks of love across social norms in India

The Ram Mandir is the tombstone for India as Southasia’s great secular exception

Many in Southasia earlier saw Indian secularism as an example for their own countries – but Narendra Modi’s mixing of Hinduism and politics has crushed India’s singular standing

By Vaibhav Vats

/ 16 Feb 2024

The Ram Mandir is the tombstone for India as Southasia’s great secular exception

The enduring personality cult of Narendra Modi

The formula for the Indian prime minister’s brand of populism was developed in Gujarat, a “laboratory for Hindu nationalism”

By Christophe Jaffrelot

/ 13 Feb 2024

The enduring personality cult of Narendra Modi