Shorts Archive

A Dravidianist psychiatrist from Tamil Nadu has made extremely vulgar remarks about Urdhva Pundra (tilak worn by Vaishnavites) and Bhagwan Shiva’s third eye claiming the latter to be symbols of patriarchy. While talking about the issue of a caste organisation’s logo being displayed in Jai Bhim movie, she has unnecessarily dragged Hindu Dharma, it’s scriptures and itihasas and denigrated them in defence of the movie.

The issue of Hindu exodus in Malvani was raised earlier this year by BJP MLA Mangal Prabhat Lodha. Advocate Kaushik Mhatre has highlighted in his interview with Citti Media how Hindus are being strategically evicted and depopulated in the Mumbai suburb Malvani.

A case of Catholic church encroaching forest land on top of a hillock in Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu has come to fore. The church has encroached 5 acres which belongs to the government. Tiruvannamalai district collector who found out about it recently has ordered for its eviction. 

Secularism as practised in India is a threat to Indian Muslims as this essay will demonstrate. As per purely academic definitions, there are primarily two meanings of secularism.

Waqf Board has written an application to Gujarat High Court staking claim on the ownership of two islands in Bet Dwarka in Devbhoomi Dwarka. As per a report in Gujarati daily Divya Bhaskar, the hearing of the application was heard in the court of Justice Sangeeta Vishen.

Hindu SC children were forced to eat beef and read the Bible at St. Francis Sevadham orphanage near Bararu in the Sagar district of Madhya Pradesh. They were compelled to learn the bible and anyone who refused had their necks choked till they agreed. It is alleged that cattle are being slaughtered inside the campus. 

“Adolf Hitler” remains one of the most prominent historical figures from the 20th century, evoking both disgust and fascination. While other totalitarian regimes including Fascist Italy and imperial Japan have faded in the public’s fascination, Nazi Germany still exerts a powerful hold on many for a variety of reasons. Among the most interesting and perplexing aspects of the Nazi regime was its connection to India and Hinduism. Indeed, Hitler took the most prominent symbol of ancient India “the swastika” as his own. This article highlights and relates to his fondness for ancient Hindu mythology and Vedic scriptures.

A fascinating video is viral online purporting to show an Elephant Talking to its Keeper in Srirangam Temple. The video appears to show the Elephant making short and sweet sounds talking to its keeper in the Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple located in Srirangam, Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu.

The discovery of a mass grave of 215 indigenous children in a school in Canada just this year brings up the issue of the brutal manner in which the Americas had been colonized. The bodies of the children were found in the Kamloops Indian Residential School in Kamloops, British Columbia, said to be one of Canada’s largest residential school systems. The bodies belong to children who were students of the school. Some of these children were as young as three years old.

25 Farmer Unions out of 32 which had participated in the farmers’ protests as part of Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) have decided to contest the upcoming elections in Punjab, according to reports. The Farmer Unions are most likely to forge an alliance with the Aam Aadmi property. The farmer unions joining politics are expected to make a formal announcement on Saturday.