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 ...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India often extols his biological mother, Heeraben Modi (1923-2022), and Bharat Mata, or "Mother India," in the same speeches to arouse the masses. This political ...
The temple in Robbinsville, N.J., about 15 years in the making, is believed to be the largest in the Western Hemisphere. But its construction has also been clouded in controversy. By Sarah Pulliam ...
AHMEDABAD, India — Hindu nationalism, once a fringe ideology in India, is now mainstream. Nobody has done more to advance this cause than Prime Minister Narendra Modi, one of India’s most beloved and ...