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‘Mehendi jihad’, ‘garba jihad’: News TV’s endless jihad playbook faces another rebuke

Every festive season, primetime TV news finds a new communal bogey to peddle – from “garba jihad” to “love jihad”. This year was no different.

Newslaundry

The Marwadi Go Back movement and Hindutva politics in Telangana

Amid futile attempts by Sangh Parivar leaders to infuse anti-Muslim ideologies in Telangana, another political contestation began in August in the name of ‘Marwadi Go Back’.

Newslaundry

Hindu festival photos are about fire and water, good and evil — simple but universal concepts

In South Asia, the season of festivals turns on two ancient elements: fire and water.

The Independent UK

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Toddler proclaimed as new living goddess to be worshipped by Hindus and Buddhists

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Two-year-old girl chosen as new living goddess following ancient ritual

Her father remarked ‘she was just my daughter yesterday, but today she is a goddess’

The Independent UK

India's Divine Designs Meld With AI At Durga Puja Festival

Millions in India's eastern city of Kolkata will draw on millennia-old traditions when they celebrate the Hindu festival of Durga Puja this week with street parties and worshipping idols in elaborate pavilions.

International Business Times

‘Zero civic sense’ or racism? Unpacking global scrutiny of the Indian diaspora

As anti-immigration sentiments sweep across the US, UK, Canada and Australia, Indians appear to be a particular target. The latest policy likely to overwhelmingly affect Indians is US President Donald Trump’s proclamation raising the H-1B visa fee to USD 100,000. What stood out in the volley of reactions was the…

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Shops shut, at least 50 lose jobs, but cops silent on Indore BJP leader’s ultimatum on Muslim workers

What if a politician told shopkeepers in your area to sack all their Hindu employees within a month? TV studios would likely erupt in outrage, FIRs would be filed, and even bulldozers might not be far behind. But when a threat of this nature has targeted Muslims in an Indore…

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Photos of a Hindu goddess' idols being handcrafted for the Durga festival in India

Leaning on his 10-armed creation, Govind Nath is ready to breathe life into the Hindu goddess Durga, a beloved deity who will be revered by tens of thousands of worshippers during the Durga Puja festival.

The Independent UK

Hindu group panned for anti-Muslim Charlie Kirk tweets

A racial hatred complaint has been lodged against a Hindu group after its marketing chief shared anti-Islam tweets by controversial right-wing figures.

AAP

Hindu Council of Australia accused of Islamophobia in complaint to Australian Human Rights Commission

Alliance against Islamophobia alleges social media posts say Muslims are ‘inherently criminal, dangerous, violent or evil by nature’

The Guardian - AU

Backlash against ‘hate-mongering’ BJP video targeting Muslims in Assam: ‘This cannot be India’

While rhetoric targeting minorities is nothing new in Indian politics, some lamented what they saw as a new low reached by Narendra Modi’s ruling party

The Independent UK

India Hardliners Give Nepal Protests Baseless Religious Twist

Protesters in Nepal ousted the prime minister and set parliament ablaze over the government's ban on social media and corruption allegations -- but in neighbouring India, the violence is being misrepresented online as something else entirely: a religious uprising.

International Business Times

California bill against foreign hits on diaspora splits Indian Americans

The bill comes amid growing concerns over alleged Indian government efforts to target Sikh dissidents in North America.

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Nepal’s Gen Z want a Hindu nation. Or do they?

Days after the unrest in Nepal, mainly led by Gen Z, over a social media ban and alleged corruption and nepotism among political elites, front-page stories of Hindi newspapers reported what had unfolded from various angles.

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BJP’s new political frontier: Fusion of Gujarat Hindutva model with Assam anti-immigration politics

Increasingly, across a widening swathe of the world, the central campaign issue for right-wing parties is immigration. Recent statements by top leaders, along with a series of administrative moves, suggest that with the Ayodhya Ram temple built and Article 370 abrogated, immigration is now emerging as the key political issue…

The Independent UK

Photos show Indians marking final day of Ganesh Chaturthi that ends with sea immersion

Indians marked the final day of the Ganesh Chaturthi, a vibrant, 10-day Hindu festival celebrating the birth of Lord Ganesha, revered as the remover of obstacles, and god of wisdom, prosperity and new beginnings.

The Independent UK

Nepal's festival season starts with a parade for a living goddess

Tens of thousands of devotees celebrated the start of Nepal's festival season by gathering in Kathmandu

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Keeping it in the family: Inside the Indian tradition of polyandrous marriages

ON THE GROUND: When a bride in a remote Himalayan village wed two brothers last month, pictures from the ceremony went viral and their relationship made national headlines. Namita Singh reports from the Hatti communities of Himachal Pradesh, where supporters say the practice is rooted in Hindu mythology

The Conversation

Honoré de Balzac’s La Comédie Humaine is a Hindu mandala

The 19th-century novelist Honoré de Balzac was Catholic, French to the core and obsessed with the material details of French society. Yet there is something profoundly Hindu in the way he sought to understand the world.

Al Jazeera

Behind Pakistan’s repeated floods: Melting glaciers, depleted forests

Deforestation and glacial melting are the two leading causes compounding the climate crisis in the north of Pakistan.

Euronews

India begins ten-day Ganesha festival with processions and prayers

The annual Ganesha festival began across India on Wednesday, as millions of Hindu devotees prepared to celebrate the elephant-headed deity’s birthday with prayers, processions and rituals lasting 10 days.

The Independent UK

Flash floods leave 32 dead in Indian-controlled Kashmir as over 150,000 are displaced in Punjab

Indian media reports say intense rains have lashed parts of Pakistan and India and triggered flash floods in Indian-controlled Kashmir’s Jammu region, leaving at least 32 people dead and many missing following a landslide on a Hindu pilgrimage route

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Modi govt may present draft guidelines on social media conduct before SC in Nov

The Supreme Court has directed the Union government to frame draft guidelines to regulate social media conduct, in active consultation with the News Broadcasting Standards Authority (NBSA), The Hindu reported.

Al Jazeera

‘Sitting on a volcano’: Two Indian temples clash as politics and faith mix

The Jagannath temple in Puri has been among Hinduism’s most sacred shrines for 1,000 years. Can an upstart challenge it?

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