(RNS) — Born in India, I’ve spent most of my life in the United States, including 20 years in academia writing about religion in America. For years, I imagined a “someday” project to write a book ...

Residents say police exercise feels less like routine survey and more like an attempt to control religious institutions.

(RNS) — US politicians are under increasing pressure to account for their courtship of Indian Prime Minister Modi, the leader of a strategically important ally and the world's largest democracy. (RNS) ...

Open Doors’ World Watch List 2026, which ranks India at 12th position among the so-called '15 most dangerous countries for ...

GUDUTA, India (AP) — The ritual began with a thunderous roll of leather drums, its clamor echoing through the entire village. Women dressed in colorful saris broke into an Indigenous folk dance, ...

Exploring the deep fault lines where faith, power, and ideology collide in modern India's complex landscape, says KUMAR CHELLAPPAN Kunchan Nambiar (1705-1770), the great Malayalam poet, once wrote ...

A tribes woman prays during a sit-in demonstration rally to demand of recognizing Sarna Dharma as a religion in Ranchi, capital of the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand, Oct. 18, 2022. Credit: AP ...

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The Indian state of Uttarakhand became the first in the country to pass a contentious bill that will establish a unified personal law for all citizens irrespective of their religion. The landmark ...

An important distinguishing and defining factor of India is its plurality, and an important unifying theme is its diversity. In this statement lies a self-evident truth about India; everything in ...