Shorts Archive

Just couple of days back Satyaagrah wrote two articles on Saint Teresa, 1. Saint Teresa, who was no saint: The dark side of not so pious history of Mother Teresa and 2. Saint or Sadist: Reality check of saint of the gutters Mother Teresa, and today we have news on Missionaries' Conversion racket running at her shelter home for women. 

Election strategist Prashant Kishor appeared on the cover of the India Today magazine this week, which carried an exclusive interview of him. During the interview, Kishor revealed that when he was working with the Congress party, he was so close its affairs that he had almost joined the party.

After the removal and insult of a saffron flag by Islamists in the Kawardha area of Chhatisgarh in October this year, Hindu saints and sadhus organized a massive religious procession and unfurled a 108 feet high saffron flag at the same place on Friday, 10 December.

India is a reservoir of spirituality, with an unending demand for agarbattis and dhoop, which are an integral part of the country's prayer rituals. This also makes India one of the leading producers of agarbatti (incense stick) in the world.

Raise your hand if you’ve ever sent or received a personalised gift — a mug, keychain, photo frame, or posters. Customised gifting, which gained traction around the mid-2000s, is a multi-billion dollar industry. In India, the trend has gained momentum over the last few years due to internet penetration in tier 2 and 3 cities as well as access to disposable incomes. 

The city of Gurugram in Haryana is witnessing the resistance of Hindus against the illegal encroachment and public offering of Namaz by the Muslim community. On Thursday (December 9), the Muslim Ekta Manch in the city had reiterated their decision to offer namaz on all 37 public grounds. On the other hand, the Hindu outfits had also reiterated their resolve to strictly oppose the offering of Namaz at those public places from December 10 onwards.

It was an otherwise boring Sunday till senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi got up on stage and started speaking. He was addressing the ‘Mehangai Hatao Rally in Jaipur, Rajasthan. Rahul Gandhi got up on stage there and spouted such pearls of wisdom that can give any standup comic a run for their money, at least the ones who still manage to not have their shows cancelled.

Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar has categorically stated on Friday that Namaz in open spaces will not be tolerated in his state. The CM was addressing the media on the ongoing impasse over the offering of Namaz at these public places in various sectors in Gurugram, Haryana.

Ministry of Islamic Affairs Saudi Arabia has directed the preachers of the mosques to dedicate the Friday sermon towards warning the Saudi people against the Tablighi and Da’wah groups. Minister of Islamic Affairs, Dr. Abdullatif Al_Alsheikh has given a direction to the Mosques in Saudi Arabia to reserve the Friday sermon for warning the people against the partisan groups of Tablighi Jamat and Da’wah existing in the country.

The Allahabad High Court has granted protection from arrest to one Muhammad Saghir Khan, who had urged Muslims to seek revenge if the Supreme Court’s 2019 Ayodhya verdict was in favour of the Hindu community.