Stunningly Beautiful Hindu Temples
Huff Post: Hindu places of worship range from small shrines under trees, to temple complexes that contain thousands of smaller temples. Depending on the time period, region or philosophical school, […]
The great housing apartheid and Muslims of India
Source: The Hindu Written by: Sowmiya Ashok and Mohammad Ali Finding a home to rent in India’s national capital is an arduous task for anyone – but, an investigation by The Hindu has found, almost impossible for citizens who happen to be Muslim. Homeowners and property dealers contacted by reporters often […]
Fijian students thank India for assistance
Fijian students in India thankful for assistance 13:38 Sun May 27, 2012 With Mereseini Marau at Fiji High Commission, Vasant Vihar, New Delhi, India.Taken from/By: Facebook Report by: Shireen Lata Fiji students studying in India received an increase in their allowance. Fiji’s High Commissioner to India, Yogesh Karan reminded […]
Mourning Around the World
Huff Post It is always hard when people die. No matter what the situation, it seems impossible to deal with the fact that someone you were close to will no longer be around. Although there is no one way to get over this, people have developed ways to make it […]
Muslims in India join far-right Hindu extremist organization for few ‘shekels’!
Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it! Source: Milli Gazette New Delhi: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), is the mother of communal organisations like Hindu Mahasabha, Jan Sangh, Shiv Sena, Bajrang Dal and Vishwa Hindu Parishad. Its very objective is to adopt anti-Muslim attitude and policy and […]
Communal harmony among Hindus and Muslims common in the medieval Deccan India
Source: Times of India I saw fragrance fleeing, when the bee came/ What a wonder!/ I saw intellect fleeing, when the heart came/ I saw the temple fleeing, when God came. (Allama Prabhu, 12th century mystic poet of the Deccan) In contrast to north India, where the first incursions by […]
Bhushan Kumar Upadhyay: A Hindu Indian police officer upholds dignity of Islam and Muhammad(s.a.s.)
Knowingly and unknowingly people have said a many thing about Islam which are not based on the reality. I have read Quran in English, Hindi, Marathi and Urdu. I have talked to many individuals over this and tried to understand it. After reading the entire Quran and studying the life […]
Hats off to Hindu parents of the Muslim girl
Source: Indian express It’s an amazing story. The eight-year-old girl, Naseema, was sold in her childhood but a Brahmin couple gave shelter to her, brought her up like their own […]
Israeli companies to help clean holiest river of India ‘Ganges’
Source: Ynetnews Indian engineers, researchers seek Israeli water technologies for river’s rejuvenation; deal estimated at $3 billion India is considering the possibility of integrating Israeli technologies in a national initiative to clean the Ganges River. For this purpose, engineers, researchers and representatives form water technology companies will visit Israelnext week. […]
God-awful pollution of India’s waters
the guardian Do the gods pollute? Scientists in India, worried about the public health consequences of immersing idols in lakes and rivers, have been looking anew at water pollution. They hope, and perhaps in some cases pray, to harmonise their medical concerns with some people’s religious priorities. Most of their research has focused on idols […]
Should religion help conscience of those who rule us? India: a case in point
Written by Muhammad Azimul Haque Gujarat’s encounter specialist and suspended super cop D.G, Vanzara who is in Ahmedabad jail alleged involved in many fake encounters of Muslims including Mumbai based […]
Breaking the barriers: Interfaith symposium dispels rumors surrounding religion
Source: Star local news ALLEN — Women from all walks of life converged on the Baitul Ikraam Mosque in Allen on Sunday for an interfaith symposium. The objective of the event was to bring women of all faiths together to engage in meaningful dialogues and create a mutual understanding of […]
Osmania University Beef Festival Leads To Violence
Huff Post A beef festival organized by Dalit students at Osmania University in Hyderabad, India on April 15th erupted into violence, the BBC reports. About 100 members of the Hindu right wing Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarti Parishad (ABVP) protested the festival, leading to five injuries according to The Hindu report. ABVP protested the beef festival on the ground that […]
Andrew Bowen, Man Who Spends 12 Months Practicing 12 Different Religions, Finds Peace
Huff Post LUMBERTON, N.C. (RNS) Andrew Bowen sat yoga-style in his armchair, absent-mindedly fingering a set of Muslim prayer beads in his left hand as he talked about 2011 — his year of conversion. But he’s not Muslim. In fact, the 29-year-old Lumberton resident doesn’t call himself by any of […]
Do We Really Need Beliefs?
Huff Post By John Backman: Writer and principal, The Dialogue Venture We know very little about God. This is hardly a new idea. Most of the best-known faith traditions, such as Hinduism and Buddhism, view God as utterly shrouded in mystery. The traditional Christian belief about God — one essence, […]
Who Speaks for Religion?
Source: Huff Post Usually we know where to look for answers. You know where to go for the weather forecast, and who to call when your car won’t start. If you need to find something more esoteric–who fought the War of the Spanish Succession, or what is the main export […]
Kashmir’s Hindus have survived ordeal
Source: The pioneer Twenty three years after they were last driven out of their homeland, the Hindus of Jammu & Kashmir have survived the nightmare and are now even more emboldened to return to the State of their origin. They cannot remain refugees in their own country After bearing the […]
Hindu seer advocates inter-religious friendship
Source: Times Of India TOI spoke to Sri Sugunendra Thirtha Swamiji of Sri Puthige Mutt, Udupi, one of the key speakers at an event in Oxford, UK on March 23 to discuss interfaith issues. To elicit his views on the issues, Sugunendra Thirtha said inter-religious friendship means freedom to practise one’s faith without any […]
Humility and Hinduism
By contributing writer Gautama Mehta, originally published at KidSpirit Online Growing up in a Hindu family in New York, I’ve always been taught that I should try my best, but understand that after I’ve done what I personally can, I should leave the rest to God. Well, not specifically God, […]
In Pakistan, Hindus Say Woman’s Conversion to Islam Was Coerced
Source: The New York Times GHOTKI, Pakistan — Banditry is an old scourge in this impoverished district of southern Pakistan, on the plains between the mighty river Indus and a sprawling desert, where roving gangs rob and kidnap with abandon. Lately, though, local passions have stirred with allegations of […]