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Feature

How the Hindu Far-Right is Overhauling India’s Schools and Textbooks

May 8, 2024Sabah Gurmat, Kaushik Raj

Hindu nationalists are changing what students learn and what takes place in India’s school systems

Feature

Forbidden Transactions Between Muslims and Hindus in Gujarat, India

April 5, 2023Sabah Gurmat

A law that restricts Hindus from selling property to Muslims—and what that foretells about India’s future

Feature

Problems with How Journalists Write about Hindu Death Rituals

May 10, 2022Bhakti Mamtora

Legacies of colonial stereotypes about people in India persist in today’s journalism

Perspective

COVID and the King

December 9, 2021Anne Mocko

Why would the former king of Nepal risk his life to perform rituals in India? Hindu nationalism may provide...

Feature

A Lake of Fire, A Runaway Goddess, and the Perils of Climate Change in India

October 7, 2021Tulasi Srinivas

Have the goddesses and gods of Hinduism fled because the planet is too polluted?

Review

Hindu Ritual in India’s High-Tech City

July 22, 2021Deonnie Moodie

A Review of Tulasi Srinivas’s The Cow in the Elevator

Editor's Letter

Editor's Letter: Our Interconnected World

May 6, 2021Brett Krutzsch

The Editor reflects on how global issues are also local concerns

Feature

Race, Religion, and the Indian-American Vote

October 6, 2020Deonnie Moodie

Indian-Americans are a crucial demographic in this election, and their voting patterns could be changing

Perspective

Hate Male

July 14, 2020Audrey Truschke

A scholar of Indian history describes the dangers women academics can face when they share their expertise with the...

Feature

A Hindu Guide to Wealth: Finding Success in Neoliberal India

July 14, 2020Deonnie Moodie

Merging Hinduism with capitalism to promise riches

Perspective

Bathing the Gods in Bottled Water: An Account of Climate Change and Faith

February 4, 2020Tulasi Srinivas

What happens when sacred rivers become too polluted for gods and people?

Feature

Representing Migration: Two photographers creating new ways to see history and sanctuary

August 9, 2019Ashley Okwuosa, Soumya Sankar Bose, Cinthya Santos-Briones

Images that challenge us to see migration differently

Feature

Hemophilology

August 9, 2019Anand Venkatkrishnan

The hemophilologist is a kind of secular witness, offering an account of truth, pain, sensitivity, and care, all at...

Conversation

Reason: A Conversation with Anand Patwardhan

February 20, 2019Leela Khanna, Anand Patwardhan

How Hindu nationalism is threatening Indian democracy

In the News

In the News: From Witchblr to Salinger

April 22, 2018Kali Handelman

A round-up of recent religion news.

Review

Landscapes of the Secular

February 12, 2018Jay Ramesh

Jay Ramesh reviews Landscapes of the Secular: Law, Religion, and American Sacred Space by Nicolas Howe

Review

P/partition: Urvashi Butalia's Volume of Essays in Lower Case

September 8, 2017

Shruti Devgan reviews Partition: The Long Shadow edited by Urvashi Butalia.

Field Note

Love in the Time of Scholarship

May 3, 2017

Anand Venkatkrishnans's Field Note on the hidden heart of scholarship.

Review

Review: Bodies of Song

June 6, 2016

Patton Burchett reviews Bodies of Song: Kabir Oral Traditions and Performative Worlds in North India by Linda Hess.

Feature

Remembrance of Songs Past: Sanskrit Poetry in Translation

May 2, 2016

Anand Venkatkrishnan shares his translations of medieval Sanskrit poems set in new contexts.

The Patient Body: Healthcare and the Kiss of Jesus

January 25, 2016

A monthly column by Ann Neumann about issues at the intersection of religion and medicine.

Review

Review: Religion, Science, and Empire

September 25, 2015

Anand Venkatkrishnan reviews Religion, Science, and Empire by Peter Gottschalk.

In the News: Apps, Apologies, Apocalypse and more!

July 15, 2015

A round-up of the week's religion news.

In the News - Heathens, Hymns, and Holy Men

July 8, 2015

A round-up of the week's religion news.

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How the Hindu Far-Right is Overhauling India’s Schools and Textbooks

Forbidden Transactions Between Muslims and Hindus in Gujarat, India

Problems with How Journalists Write about Hindu Death Rituals

COVID and the King

A Lake of Fire, A Runaway Goddess, and the Perils of Climate Change in India

Hindu Ritual in India’s High-Tech City

Editor's Letter: Our Interconnected World

Race, Religion, and the Indian-American Vote

Hate Male

A Hindu Guide to Wealth: Finding Success in Neoliberal India

Bathing the Gods in Bottled Water: An Account of Climate Change and Faith

Representing Migration: Two photographers creating new ways to see history and sanctuary

Hemophilology

Reason: A Conversation with Anand Patwardhan

In the News: From Witchblr to Salinger

Landscapes of the Secular

P/partition: Urvashi Butalia's Volume of Essays in Lower Case

Love in the Time of Scholarship

Review: Bodies of Song

Remembrance of Songs Past: Sanskrit Poetry in Translation

The Patient Body: Healthcare and the Kiss of Jesus

Review: Religion, Science, and Empire

In the News: Apps, Apologies, Apocalypse and more!

In the News - Heathens, Hymns, and Holy Men

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