Hinduism and Judaism have endured in diaspora less as belief systems than as lived traditions. Daily practice, ritual ...

Tension between traditional spiritual authority and political Hindutva is growing. Religious leaders feel that the government ...

Hinduism gained ground in the region in the early centuries of the Common Era because it provided elites with a fully-fleshed metaphysical package along with literacy.

IN INDIA NATIONAL elections are looming. Voters are expected to go to the polls in April and May. Narendra Modi, the prime minister, hopes to win a third term in office. To that end he has been ...

GUJARAT, India (RNS) — In western India, where thousands of monks once worshipped in caves chiseled into the rocky hills, a fight is on to keep Hindu chauvinists from erasing a 2,000-year-old Buddhist ...

KOLKATA, India (RNS) — Last Eid, 49-year-old Partha Sarathi Basu added a fresh coat of paint to the Amanati Mosque in the Barasat district of Bengal, 15 miles north of Kolkata in eastern India. “This ...

Indian Hindus have often watched such brazen attacks unfold helplessly in front of them - too afraid to intervene in case they are attacked - but here was a much-needed act of resistance by someone ...

New Delhi — Millions of Indians in parts of the country's north and central regions celebrated the Hindu festival of Holi on Monday. The festival of colors, as it's known as, marks the end of winter ...