Debate around the words Hindu, Hinduism, Hindutva is not new. Recently the assertion by Mohan Bhagwat, the Sarsanghchalk (Supreme Dictator) of RSS that ‘everyone living in India is Hindu’ and that Muslims might be Muslim by religion but they are Hindus by nationality’, is yet another interpretation of Word Hindu. He said that this is Hin...
Pakistan-born writer Tarek Fatah, now a Canadian citizen, on Monday said he was heckled and attacked by a mob at an Urdu poetry festival in the heart of the capital. ...
Author Sanchit Gupta, who has debuted with a novel based in Kashmir of the early 1990s when militancy peaked and saw mass exodus of Hindu Pandit families, does not think settling migrant Kashmiri Pandits in separate areas in the state is a good idea....
Donald Trump had been forced to fire his top security adviser. One of his cabinet picks had withdrawn due to opposition from within his own Republican Party. Judges in four states had halted his controversial travel ban from seven nations....
In a direct attack on the ruling establishment under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram has accused it of violating individual and human rights, intimidating independent think tanks and mixing up history with mythology....
INOC, USA expresses serious concern over USCIRF report on India’s deteriorating religious freedom ...
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jhumpa Lahiri's latest book, at first glance, is a sort of soothing balm that brings much-needed relief in the non-fiction genre -- addressing a significant aspect of the publishing industry, ignored for far too long -- which instantly catches the imagination of readers. But, does ...
Poor, populous Uttar Pradesh was the first state to have a female Chief Minister -- Sucheta Kriplani from 1963 to 1967 -- but this pioneering effort has not improved prospects for women in elections. ...
Mohiniyattam, the Indian classical dance form with its roots in Kerala, has not gained much popularity as other genres forms and sees less practioners because it requires a lot of patience and discipline which people are not ready to devote, dancer Rekha Raju believes....
Leaders of the Hindu American Foundation (HAF) are deeply concerned about the latest report by the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) attacking Hinduism and India. ...
