NEW DELHI, INDIA — Perhaps the most striking first impression for any visit to India, the world’s most populous nation and most complicated democracy, is the traffic. Even in the nation’s capital the ...

This is the first installment in RD’s latest series, “What in the What??,” in which our experts offer insight into religious political movements currently shaping our world. Some contemporary Hindu ...

(RNS) — Joining a motley crew of economic libertarians, Trump acolytes, moderate Republicans and old-school racists at the National Conservatism Conference in Washington, D.C., earlier this month was ...

Last week, a Hindu nationalist group celebrated its centenary and its remarkable trajectory. It was once banned for its association with the killing of India's independence leader Mahatma Gandhi. Now ...

Organisers say 3,800 volunteers participated in Thursday's event [BBC] The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), the Hindu nationalist organisation whose work played a large role in propelling Indian ...

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who claimed victory for his alliance in an election seen as a referendum on his decade in power, is a popular but polarizing leader who has presided over a ...

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 ...

Hindutva’s traditionalist stances seem to have peaked, or at least begun to incorporate elements of a more liberal worldview. An Indian rural woman works on a laptop in a traditional kitchen, showing ...

Indian Christians See Hindu Nationalist Party’s Failure to Win Majority as Vote Against Modi The big surprise of the election has been the emergence of the opposition alliance named I.N.D.I.A. (Indian ...