Hindutva extremism

The Hole in India’s Definition of Terrorism

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The Hole in India’s Definition of Terrorism

In this Feb. 27, 2020, file photo, an Indian Muslim boy stands inside a mosque burnt in communal violence in New Delhi, India. Credit: AP Photo/Altaf Qadri Advertisement “Nor must we countenance that political convenience determines responses to terrorism, extremism and violence” – these were the words spoken by India’s External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar … Read more

Making Sense of Hindutva

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Making Sense of Hindutva

Magazine Hindutva may have proclaimed the supremacy of all things traditional, but it makes no room for diversity, dynamism, dilemmas, and doubt. Such has never been the only Indian way. Local musicians blow horns as a Hindu priest, face smeared with color and sacrificial blood, performs rituals during the Deodhani festival at the Kamakhya Hindu … Read more