Asaram Bapu: Indian guru sentenced to life for raping girl
Source: BBC News A self-styled Indian spiritual guru who claims millions of followers worldwide has been given a life sentence for raping a 16-year-old girl. Asaram Bapu was convicted of […]
India institutes death penalty for child rape in wake of 8-year-old’s brutal death
Source: The Washington Post By Annie Gowen April 21 Email the author NEW DELHI — Offenders who rape girls under 12 may now be subject to the death penalty in India, according to an […]
Opposition to interfaith marriage in India puts many couples at risk
Source: Religion News Service By Bhavya Dore | April 20, 2018 Hadiya, right, converted to Islam to marry Shafin Jahan. Their marriage has been the center of a large court case and referred […]
What India owes to its first PM Nehru
Parvez Hoodbhoy, Lahore PANDIT Jawaharlal Nehru would never have won a popularity contest in Pakistan quite simply because he did his best to oppose our country’s creation. But nowhere is he reviled more than in India’s current ruling circles and among those whose loyalty they command. The accusations against Nehru […]
The Spread Of Islam To Southeast Asia
Islam From The Beginning To 1300 Date: 2002 The spread of Islam to various parts of coastal India set the stage for its further expansion to island Southeast Asia. As […]
India’s A.T.M.s Are Running Out of Cash. Again.
By Hari Kumar, NYT NEW DELHI — For the second time in 18 months, India has a shortage of cash. And like last time, economists say, it’s primarily the government’s […]
Why this India priest carried an ‘untouchable’ into a temple
Source: BBC News A Hindu priest from a temple in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad made headlines for carrying a Dalit (formerly known as untouchable) man on his shoulders into the temple’s inner sanctum. It has been seen as a dramatic move because Dalits have historically been denied entry […]
Eight on trial for rape, murder of girl in India’s Kashmir amid public anger
Source: Reuters By Fayaz Bukhari SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) – Eight men accused of involvement in the rape and murder of an eight-year-old Muslim girl in India’s Jammu and Kashmir state appeared in court on Monday for the first hearing in a case that sparked nationwide outrage and criticism of the […]
Bollywood star Kareena Kapoor trolled for ‘marrying a Muslim’
MUMBAI: Since Kareena Kapoor along with other Bollywood stars came out in support of 8-year-old Muslim victim who was abducted, raped and murdered at a temple in IHK, some […]
Hindu ‘nationalists’ defend accused rapists and shame India
Source: The Washington Post By Barkha Dutt An Indian social activist holds a placard in February 2017 during a protest against a rape at Hauz Khas village in New Delhi. (Sajjad Hussain/AFP/Getty Images) This post has been updated, 8:41 a.m. Dear India: Where are our candlelight marches, our outrage and our […]
Muslim rape-murder case in India disrupted by Hindu groups
Source: The Guardian Arrest of temple custodian leads to confrontation between police and dozens of Hindu lawyers BY Michael Safi in Delhi A protest on Wednesday against the rape and murder […]
Couple Can Reunite in ‘Love Jihad’ Case, India’s Supreme Court Rules
Source: The New York Times By MARIA ABI-HABIB and SUHASINI RAJAPRIL 10, 2018 The Supreme Court ruled that Hadiya, center, had a right to choose her spouse and convert to another religion. CreditSivaram V/Reuters India’s Supreme Court has upheld the right of citizens to choose their spouse and convert to another religion, a landmark […]
Converting to Buddhism as a Form of Political Protest
Source: The Atlantic Low-caste Indians are leaving Hinduism en masse—partly to stick it to their prime minister. A conversion ceremony in Shirasgaon, India, in 2018Krithika Varagur BY KRITHIKA VARAGUR SHIRASGAON, India—More than 500 low-caste Hindus filled the Veera Maidan, an open field at the edge of a dusty Maharashtra village, […]
India’s Muslims await top court judgment on plea to ban polygamy
Muslim women participate in a protest against the draft law for banning “Triple Talaq” in New Delhi on April 4, 2018. (AP) By Mahesh Trivedi Special to Al Arabiya English […]
One community’s battle over virginity tests in western India
Source: The Washington Post By Vidhi Doshi April 8 Email the author Kanjarbhat community members demonstrate in support of the virginity ritual in Pune, India. The group demanded police action and a public […]
The myth of the Indian vegetarian nation
Source: BBC By Soutik Biswas, India correspondent What are the most common myths and stereotypes about what Indians eat? The biggest myth, of course, is that India is a largely vegetarian […]
India: Salman Khan is convicted of killing an antelope
(CNN) Bollywood superstar Salman Khan has been sentenced to serve five years in prison after being convicted of illegal poaching in a decades-old case, prosecutors said Thursday.Salman Khan arrives at court to hear the verdict in the long-running wildlife poaching case against him Thursday in Jodhpur, India. CNN.COM Bhawani Singh, […]
History counts
Source: Dawn OLD men are trapped between a crowded cemetery ahead and a graveyard behind, populated by memories. By the time a man has reached the age of 90, determination has deteriorated into disappointment, reflection deconstructed into regret. A recent lament by a nonagenarian makes unusually poignant reading: “The whole […]
The myth of the Indian vegetarian nation
Source: BBC News By Soutik Biswas India correspondent What are the most common myths and stereotypes about what Indians eat? The biggest myth, of course, is that India is a largely vegetarian […]
How Indian media fuel hate and bigotry
Aijaz Zaka Syed THAT much of Indian media has turned rotten is an open secret. Everyone who regularly watches television news or reads newspaper is sick and tired of all the hate, bigotry and intolerance openly peddled by the leading players in the name of journalism, investigative reporting and debate. […]