Should Indians feel ‘ashamed’ for speaking English? | CNN

India’s ruling government is questioning the country’s reliance on English, igniting debates over identity, inclusion, and opportunity. It comes as the government is working to erase remnants of colonial history, from renaming school textbooks to changing street name. Yet, some warn that sidelining English could undermine the nation’s future, even as language politics continue to fuel tensions.

Pankaj Mishra over de botsende narratieven van shoah, slavernij en kolonialisme

Of het nu gaat over de holocaust of het kolonialisme, voor verschillende groepen vormt historisch leed de basis voor een collectieve identiteit. Maar is het mogelijk om het verleden niet te vergeten én ons te richten op een toekomst?

Modi & Secular India

Muslims in India face discrimination after restaurants forced to display workers’ names

Muslim business owners in two states fear policy will lead to targeted attacks or economic boycotts

Hindu Leader Arrested for Removing Sai Baba Idols in Varanasi

Hindu group leader arrested in Varanasi for removing Sai Baba idols from temples, sparking protests and security concerns among devotees.

India election 2024: Hindu nationalism is mainstream thanks to 10 years of PM Modi

Hindu nationalism was once a fringe ideology in India, and now it is mainstream. Nobody has done more to advance this cause than Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He's one of India’s most beloved and polarizing political leaders. And no entity has had more influence on his political philosophy and ambitions than a paramilitary, right-wing group founded nearly a century ago and known as RSS. Experts say Modi’s spiritual and political upbringing from the RSS is the driving force in everything he’s done as prime minister over the past 10 years. That period has seen India become a global power and the world’s fifth-largest economy. Modi is campaigning for a third term in the general election starting Friday. He and his ruling Bharatiya Janata Party are expected to win.

Bollywood votes: Cinema in the shadow of elections

Real world politics has been spilling into Bollywood over the past few months. With elections about to begin, Hindi cinema is also poll-bound

Alpa Shah: India is not a safe place any more

In March 1967, in the Indian village of Naxalbari, tucked in the foothills of the Himalayas, a revolutionary peasant organisation rebelled and forcibly seized land from landowners. Inspired by its act