The Modi Question: Is His Government Hostile to Muslims?

Daily Motion: "Narendra Modi is the leader of the world’s largest democracy, a man who has been elected twice as India’s prime minister and is widely seen as the most powerful politician of his generation. Seen by the west as an important bulwark against Chinese domination of Asia, he has been courted as a key...

Rise of Far-Right Fascism in India?

Arundhati Roy in The Nation: "India is not really a country. It is a continent. More complex and diverse, with more languages—780 at last count, excluding dialects—more indigenous tribes and religions, and perhaps more communities that consider themselves separate nations than all of Europe. Imagine this vast ocean, this fragile, fractious, social ecosystem, suddenly being...

India’s Mughal Empire Still Influences Hindus’ Concept of Imperialism

"Mughal" is the Persian word for Mongol. The Mughals continue to shape how Indians see themselves today. Hindu nationalists take pride in how India threw off the shackles of imperialism, not just British imperialism which began in the mid-1700s and lasted until the 1940s, but Muslim Mughal "imperialism" from the 1500s through the mid-1800s. The...