Tension between traditional spiritual authority and political Hindutva is growing. Religious leaders feel that the government is not sincere about the Hindu cause.
Screenshot of a video of activists of the Karni Sena, an upper caste organization, burning an effigy of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, to protest against the University Grants Commission rules, which they claim curtails the rights of upper caste communities, Madhya Pradesh, India, January 26, 2026.
For more than a decade, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its ideological mentor, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), have successfully built a political narrat
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