My cousin and I visited Ayodhya this week. In this post, I will describe my visit, interwoven with cultural, political, and economic reflections. We traveled to Ayodhya on Vande Bharat Express, a sleek, superfast train that symbolizes the ongoing modernization of Indian railways. Unlike some, I didn’t experience an instant emotional surge upon arriving in […]

During the dark and bitterly cold night of January 19, 1990, thousands of terrified Hindu families in the Kashmir Valley faced three grim alternatives—Raliv, galiv, ya chaliv (convert, die, or flee)—broadcast from mosque loudspeakers. Their ancestors had been hounded with the same options—many of their ancestors had converted, some were killed, and many others had […]