salutations

When we would just be saying our salutations, it would be “Hi, hi.”

My mind immediately slotted it amongst the many generic salutations students often received from college deans, campus safety, dining halls and resident advisors — but then I began to read.

Consequently, enslaved friends likely recreated or reimagined their ancestral salutations and modified them within their new circumstances.

Modi’s ministers, following their leader in practicing yoga, have sometimes marked it with religious connotations by doing sun salutations and chanting Sanskrit verses considered holy in Hinduism.

In particular, some Muslims - India’s largest minority, which has faced rising violence under Modi by Hindu nationalists - say they should not be forced to perform sun salutations or chant Hindu hymns.