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A Nation-Wide NRC: Potential Fallout for India-Bangladesh Relations
A shadow of doubt and anxiety hangs over Bangladesh about India’s plans to institute a pan-India National Register of Citizens (NRC). The complex demographics of Bangladesh and its long and porous border with India are at the core of the…
India’s Religious Pluralism in Peril: U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom Annual Report 2023 Findings
As the world continues to grapple with the issues of religious freedom and human rights violations, the release of U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom Annual Report, 2023 casts a revealing spotlight on India’s violations of religious freedom and human…
“Denazification,” Disinformation, and how (Pseudo)Authoritarian States Justify War
When Vladimir Putin announced a full-scale assault on Ukraine, he justified the invasion as an effort to “denazify” Ukraine. While the global rise of far-right nationalism has not left Ukraine unscathed—the country’s far-right party received two percent of the vote…
Hindutva and the Reimagining of Public Space in India
India has witnessed escalating domestic tensions, calibrated around particular religious/ communitarian practices, performances, and symbols. Part of a larger rise in Hindu majoritarianism, campaigns seeking to control religious expression have often been mapped on to public spaces, crucially spelling a…
How the CAA Shapes India’s Afghan Refugee Response
Amidst debates concerning a possible overhaul in New Delhi’s strategy towards the, Taliban— since the group swiftly took over Kabul in August—the voices of hundreds of Afghan refugees in the country seems to have drowned out. Just a few days…
India’s and Pakistan’s Public Responses to the Violence in Israel and Palestine
Following the attempted evictions of Palestinians in the neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, Israeli security forces have ramped up attacks and arrests in occupied East Jerusalem, including four raids on al-Aqsa mosque, among the holiest sites in Islam. The militant group…