Diversity is especially meant to be celebrated on India’s Republic Day, 26 January. But another legacy haunts the Indian republic — the colonial policy of divide and rule, of ethnonationalism, and religious polarisation
In India and the Philippines, strongmen have consolidated immense power through democratic means. How do we explain this?
The current dispensation is becoming a majoritarian Hindu state as Narendra Modi promotes hatred and intolerance of Muslims and minorities
The nationalist government is using violence, repression an the law to deny Muslims citizenship
What would the Goddess be met with, were she to walk the streets of Johannesburg?
We are South Africans. And Nehru’s expansive and humanistic vision, which we share, is at odds with an exclusivist ideology based on Hindu nationalism
The Hindu goddess provides a role model for women confronted with sexual injustice.
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A right-wing Hindu group in India has said that Muslims and Christians are not to join the festival of Navratri, claiming it is for "Hindus only".
Jonathan "Zapiro" Shapiro should make amends for denigrating the Hindu faith in a cartoon, says the Western Cape Religious Leaders’ Forum.
South African Hindu organisations are angry about a cartoon by Jonathan "Zapiro" Shapiro depicting their god of success, Lord Ganesha.
Thousands of tearful devotees, including top politicians, gathered on Wednesday for the funeral of Sathya Sai Baba.
Niren Tolsi joins Hindu devotees for kavady, the yearly ritual of self-mutilation to curry favour with the deity Muruga.