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India: Digital version of historian D.N.Jha’s myth busting book on beef eating by Hindus and Buddhists in ancient times In The Myth Of The Holy Cow, the author reveals that in ancient times, Hindus and Buddhists ate beef. According… Continue Reading →
AFP Ahmedabad, May 26, 2014 First Published: 16:05 IST(26/5/2014) | Last Updated: 16:20 IST(26/5/2014) Ahmedabad: Police fired tear gas to break up clashes between Hindu and Muslim mobs in Narendra Modi’s heartland of Gujarat on the eve of his swearing in… Continue Reading →
Vijaysinh Parmar,TNN | Apr 21, 2014, 03.11 AM IST VHP president Pravin Togadia. RAJKOT: Vishwa Hindu Parishad’s (VHP) president Pravin Togadia sent temperatures soaring in Bhavnagar on Saturday evening with a hate speech that targeted Muslims for buying properties in Hindu… Continue Reading →
Jan 18, 2014 11:35 PM , By Nadeem Khan A Kashmiri Muslim girl reading the holy Quran inside Jamia Masjid, Kashmir. Photo: Nissar Ahmad A personal account of how the millstone of being identified with a religion hangs heavy much… Continue Reading →
IANS Agartala, January 12, 2014 | A young Muslim woman and a Hindu man killed themselves in Tripura after their families strongly disapproved of their love affair because of socio-religious taboo, police said here on Sunday. Natasha, a 21-year-old resident of Taranagar… Continue Reading →
Jyothi Prabhakar, Bombay Times The Hindu mythology has many incidents showcasing fluidity of sex, where same-sex interactions have often served a sacred purpose. And sometimes, the gods themselves have been part of these transformations and unions. In many parts of… Continue Reading →
DECEMBER 2, 2013 Guest post by Satya Sagar Eight years ago I remember listening to Tarun Tejpal in Bangalore as he held forth on how the news media could change the world for the better. It was a gathering of… Continue Reading →
Oct 31, 2013, TNN[ A Subramani ] Not conducting puja by a Hindu in puja room regularly cannot be a conclusive proof to declare that he is not a Hindu, the Madras high court said. CHENNAI: Holding that not conducting puja by… Continue Reading →
By Satya Sagar The shocking spectacle of Siddharth Varadarajan, the Editor of The Hindu, being forced out of his post by a cabal of its owners is a brutal reminder to journalists all over the country that however fine a… Continue Reading →