hindutva

Modi fever in Motihari

Just across the Nepal border in Bihar, the BJP campaign on a Hindutva platform is in full swing

Unconventional convention

Hindu state agenda divides the Nepali Congress as religious tension grips the Tarai

Shristi Karki

The south wind blows

Nepal’s Hindu right is climbing on to a train without knowing which way it is headed

Chandra Kishore

Year of reckoning

Twenty-eight years after the Maoist party launched an armed struggle to overhaul Nepal’s centralised state, remove exploitation, exclusion and usher in an...

India’s faith in politics

A trip to the Hindu heartland ahead of India’s general elections next year

India’s Hindutva politics influencing Nepal

Disillusionment with established parties increases support for religious right

Volatile Mix of Politics and Religion

The Election Commission has set local elections for May, with federal elections following early next year. Given the heated debate about federalism...

Nepal party reincarnating Hindu monarchy

Loyal readers will remember royal leaders we have covered in these pages over the past two decades. The uneasy transition to constitutional...

Nepal party reincarnating Hindu monarchy

Loyal readers will remember royal leaders we have covered in these pages over the past two decades. The uneasy transition to constitutional...

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