Nilsen, Alf Gunvald2025-10-302025-10-302025Alf Gunvald Nilsen (2025) Afterword: whither Hindu nationalism and its others?, Commonwealth & Comparative Politics, 63:1, 94-99, DOI: 10.1080/14662043.2025.2526233.1466-2043 (print)1743-9094 (online)10.1080/14662043.2025.2526233http://hdl.handle.net/2263/105042Instances of anti-Christian violence in India reveal continuities and changes in the Hindu nationalist project. In terms of the former, I argue that the accounts of anti-Christian violence across the articles in this special issue testify to the ability of Hindu nationalism to move across social, political, and cultural terrains and to operate with long-term strategies for achieving its political goals. In terms of the latter, I argue that the articles also show us the ability of Hindu nationalism to transmogrify and shape-shift as it expands its imprint across India.en© 2025 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).Hindu nationalismAnti-Christian violenceNarendra ModiAuthoritarian populismIndiaArticle