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Hinduism
May 28, 2019
Samuel Earle
Arundhati Roy on India’s Elections: “A Mockery of What Democracy Is Supposed to Be”
The author and activist talks to The New Republic about Narendra Modi, the decimation of India's opposition, and the way forward.
April 11, 2019
Rafia Zakaria
India’s Futile War on Open Defecation
As the country heads to the polls, the current prime minister is declaring victory in his "Clean India" campaign. His party still won't acknowledge that the real problem is inequality.
July 26, 2017
Amar Diwakar
How “Cow Vigilantes” Launched India’s Lynching Epidemic
Narendra Modi is presiding over a new, bloody politics surrounding the consumption of beef—one that could destroy the soul of Indian democracy.
May 15, 2015
Siddhartha Deb
Those Mythological Men and Their Sacred, Supersonic Flying Temples
What tales of ancient Vedic aircraft tell us about India’s place in the modern world
February 19, 2014
Nilanjana Roy
Indian Intellectuals are Being Bullied by Right-Wing Extremists
A Hindu group sues, a publisher caves, and a nation becomes less free
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