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Nationalism and Dissent: A Battle Over Free Speech Is Raging in India
For about a month now, student politics — and the state’s reaction — have put a prestigious Indian university in the crosshairs of a debate that has raged across the entire country around nationalism and freedom of speech.
Narendra Modi Makes Surprise Pakistan Visit, First Indian Prime Minister to Drop by in Years
The visit, requested by Modi after he called Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to wish him happy birthday, raised hopes that stop-and-start negotiations between the nuclear-armed rivals might finally make progress.
Indian PM Gets Rock Star Reception in UK, But Back Home He's Accused of Brutality
Narendra Modi will lunch with the Queen and headline Wembley Stadium in the first visit to the UK by an Indian leader in a decade. But his trip has been overshadowed by protest.
Lynch Mob Attack Over Alleged Cow Slaughter Puts Spotlight on Hindu Extremism
Around 200 people reportedly attacked a household on the outskirts of New Delhi after word spread that a man had killed and prepared beef for a religious holiday.
A Man in India Was Beaten to Death Over Rumors He Ate Beef
A Muslim man in the northern Indian city of Dadri in Uttar Pradesh was beaten to death by a mob on Monday over rumors that he had butchered a cow and that his family was storing beef.
In Photos: India's Holy Men Wash Away Their Sins
VICE News went to Kumbh Mela, the world's largest religious gathering, where millions of people gather to wash away their sins. Many of the pilgrims are naga sadhus, Hindu holy men who go naked.
India's Plan for Farmers to Solve the Drought? Yoga and Good Vibes
India's Hindu nationalist government has proposed that farmers cope with depleted water tables and soil depletion by meditating near crops, in order to make them grow more efficiently. Experts call it quackery.
Soul Food: Govardhan Puja
Kiran explores the practices of Hindus and Hare Krishnas, and the mountains of blessed homemade vegetarian Indian food at two concurrent Krishna celebrations in Los Angeles.
No Headdresses Is a Start, But Music Festivals Need to Ban Bindis
Festivals have begun making native headdresses a thing of the past, now it's time for bindis to face the same scrutiny.
Hindu Nationalists Say Jersey Cow Milk Is Full of Demons
According to Shankar Lal of the RSS, those doe-eyed Jersey cows are actually harbingers of poison and their milk will make your children into sociopathic criminals.
India's 'Resettlement' of Kashmiri Hindus to Hotly Contested Region Stokes Resentment
The immediate impression given by the government was that the "composite townships" would essentially be heavily guarded colonies for Hindus who had migrated from the region.
India Is Being Overtaken by Armies of Defiant Monkeys
From getting shitfaced on stolen whiskey to attacking politicians and stealing files from government headquarters, India's monkeys have gone bananas.