Rajeev Deshpande
A week after the pilgrim belt of Mathura-Vrindavan voted on April 26, public opinion indicates the Modi-Yogi model has prevailed over local discontents and trumped a disorganised opposition, reports
Lhendup G Bhutia takes the pilgrims’ route to witness the post-pandemic boom in religious tourism
The Kashi and Mathura temple-mosque disputes should not be allowed to linger and the cases can be resolved by consensus, Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) Working President Alok Kumar tells Rajeev Deshpande
All divinities revel in love and peace - and not on pieces of dead bodies, heaped up to reach a tantalizing heaven
Ram Briksh Yadav of Mathura wasn’t the first leader of a cult to exploit Subhas Chandra Bose’s appeal for sectarian ends
The villages of Mathura, a district of stark contrasts just 155 km from Delhi, are reeling from the worst agrarian crisis in a decade