Should 21st century citizens of the world’s largest democracy live in fear of committing the medieval crime of blasphemy? This is the question raised by the violent rampage earlier this month in West ...

The recent elections in four states and one federally ruled territory in India threw up results that sent shock waves to the pro-Hindu Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) that runs the federal government in ...

JEDDAH — India is the fountainhead of many religions and civilizations. It has been a haven of refuge for all races and cultures. God's bounties were so abundant in India that India never had to ...

As Bangladesh debates large-scale constitutional reform, one issue in particular is beginning to echo a parallel debate taking place across the border in India. Two words are at the centre of this ...

New Delhi: Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi's remarks on the origin of the word secularism have sparked off a huge row as he called it a "European concept" and suggested that the same does not have any ...

A state court in northern India has urged the government to maintain equal distance from all religions, emphasizing the need for an anti-conversion law to preserve public order and freedom. “The state ...

After reading A Maverick in Politics 1991-2024 (Juggernaut), my response was that this is a book written by a brilliant mind. These are not the memoirs of a maverick but a brilliant ideologue caught ...

On December 11, 2019, the Indian Parliament passed the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 to amend the Citizenship Act of 1955. This amendment allowed for Indian citizenship to be granted to religious ...

Next week, a few days before India’s Republic Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate a grand temple in the town of Ayodhya, dedicated to the widely revered Hindu deity, Lord Ram. The temple ...