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Making History: How a mother and daughter have become priests in Kerala's ancient temples
Jyotsna Padmanabhan and her mother Archana Kumari have been donning the role of priests at a temple in the central Kerala district and performing tantric rituals in neighbouring shrines and other venues for some time, which is normally considered a male bastion
Right Word | Hinduphobia in US: An absurd anti-caste discrimination law and the complex web of anti-Bharat coalition
The Seattle resolution is neither the first, nor the last attempt to demonise Hindus, Bharat and Hinduness or Hindutva
Is Seattle’s ban on caste discrimination 'Hinduphobic, racist'?
The Seattle City Council’s vote to outlaw caste discrimination has created divisions among the South Asian diaspora in the US. While it has been hailed by many Dalit activists, a section of Hindus have called it a ‘tool’ used by ‘anti-Hindus to discriminate against Hindus in America’
Who is Kshama Sawant, the Indian-American behind Seattle’s ban on caste discrimination?
Kshama Sawant, the lone Indian-American member of the Seattle City Council, proposed the ordinance to ban caste discrimination. The law, which was passed in a majority 6-1 vote by the council, has rattled some in the US’ South Asian community
BBC documentary part of larger drive to keep Bharatiya mind colonised
The process to colonise the mind of a society outlives political colonisation and is carried forward even when the colony is politically free
How Godse gave Gandhi and Nehru what they wanted — and hurt Hindu interest forever
Had the Mahatma been alive for a few more years, Nehru would have faced Gandhian music sooner than later
How Muslim invaders and British rulers killed over 300 million people in India — still no memorial for Hindu holocaust
It’s unsettling to see Hindus being largely silent or indifferent about the horrors being unleashed on them for centuries. One wonders why there’s no memorial for the Hindu holocaust of the last 1,000 years
Hyderabad hostel assault: Are Hindu students safe anywhere?
Hyderabad attack shows a reality that parents, politicians, and social media users don’t seem to understand at all
Are Dalits the Blacks of India, and Brahmins the Whites?
India, which has given birth to Hinduism and where most Hindus live, is increasingly being seen as the source of global oppression, especially in the West
Who funded the Delhi pastor ‘mastermind’ in Meerut mass conversion? Agencies looking at foreign sources
The slum-dwellers claimed that they had accepted the favours as they could not step out due to lockdown and struggled to manage their households. They even visited church, however, after sometime they realised that their faith could not be changed
Firecracker in Deepawali: Why Hindus don't need textual sanction to observe a tradition
The pause of any tradition is the first step towards annihilation of a civilization and the states must get careful when dealing with such issues
How Teaneck resolution is a reminder of Democrats consistently taking anti-Hindu stand in America
The Democrats in Teaneck have passed an anti- Hindu resolution calling Hindu American groups as extremist hate groups
Islamist PFI is antithesis of what Indian Muslims stand for
Arrests of so many PFI activists show that the organisation had grown its tentacles in most states of India and could create disturbances by poisoning youths
Why Hindus and Muslims are fighting on the streets of UK’s Leicester and who started it?
Trouble started in the city of Leicester after the 28 August India-Pakistan cricket match. The tension escalated over the weekend with the alleged vandalism of a temple. The Muslim community has accused a group of Hindu men of taking out an impromptu march and smashing glass bottles
Hindus need Gyanvapi: How holy Varanasi temples were desecrated by Muslims in the name of the mosque
In essence, Varanasi forms the bridge of continuity of problematic and competitive Hindu-Muslim relations in pre-colonial medieval Muslim times in India through the British Raj to the present day
Off-centre | ‘Sar Tan Se Juda’ and the persistence of the two-nation theory
Communalism is a double-edged sword. If allowed to go unchecked, it threatens to create two nations within the country, resulting in what is tantamount to a second partition
Ujjain Mahakaal protests against Bollywood arrogance should be seen as our ‘Man in the High Castle’ moment
Hinduphobia today is a major class phenomenon too, with generational degradation at that. It is quite apparent in Bollywood too. Unlike their parents or grandparents, today’s Bollywood bratpack seems to wear its arrogance and disdain for the public on its sleeves
Why Owaisi is wrong that Muslim freedom fighters have been written out of history
On present form, Owaisi looks destined to remain a street-corner rabble-rouser more interested in exploiting the communal divide for electoral gains than in addressing the Muslim community’s real concerns
BJP's Pasmanda Muslims push and the great electoral math
Neglected and ignored by the dominant Ashraaf community, BJP's outreach towards Ajlaf Indian Muslims has rich political dividends in store
Why Hindus should not be obsessed with UCC and Section 295A, and instead seek liberation of temples
Hindus need to revisit their understanding of Section 295A and the Uniform Civil Code; they should, instead, seek the immediate liberation of their temples. Let this be the electoral issue in 2024