Dec 21, 2021
Buddhists, Jains and Sikhs are, however, allowed. Nepal’s erstwhile Hindu rulers and the Bhutanese kings have often been seen visiting the temple
Secular Supreme Court in communal 'Khela Hobe' move urges Jagannath temple to allow entry of non-Hindus
The Supreme Court in 2018 urged the Jagannath temple administration in Odisha to consider allowing non-Hindus to enter the temple, saying that Hinduism doesn’t eliminate any other faith and is the eternal faith, wisdom and inspiration of centuries.
Dec 21, 2021
The northern provinces and Gilgit Baltistan was to be forcibly seized from Maharajah Hari Singh’s legitimate representatives and handed over to Jinnah by British officers, led by Major Brown
Winning wars but losing the peace: Sri Krishna and Mahatma
Mahatma Gandhi’s unqualified capitulationism has apparently triumphed in post-independence Bharat over Bhagwan Krishna’s unyielding terse realism in the Bhagavad Gita. Not only that Bharat has zealously sacrificed the narrative of its own bloody travails, in which its courageous men and women laid down their lives.
Dec 21, 2021
Bharat has experienced several Sunni Muslim revivalist movements over the last five centuries, and these intensified as a response to the decline of Mughal rule and the arrival of the British
Islamic revivalist movements in Bharat and Deoband’s link to Taliban
Various scholars have argued that Islamist movements emerged in reaction to the failure of state-led modernization projects and to general socioeconomic problems such as youth unemployment and poverty. Yet Islamist movements are not limited to poor countries or to disadvantaged, marginalized groups. In fact, members of these movements are generally highly educated, predominantly in secular fields, as a result of state-led modernization projects. In particular, mainstream Islamist parties are typically led by young men and women who are successful professionals ...
Dec 21, 2021
African spiritual practises should not be called religions because, in the African context, they cannot be separated from the culture, society, and the environment
How Africa’s traditional religions were exterminated by Islam and Christianity
The largest existing Pagan faith today is Hindu Dharma and its sub-groups Buddhism, Jainism, et al. Pagan faiths have existed worldwide like in the Americas where the cultural genocide of indigenous communities by Christians virtually wiped out these belief systems. Parts of south-east Asia which also experienced colonization still have tribes and groups following animism (worship of spirits, belief in all inanimate and animate objects having souls), worship of nature, worship of ancestors and other such Pagan beliefs.
Dec 20, 2021
The main person who made this myth popular is an ‘artist’ named T Murali (calls himself as Chithrakaran). He claims that he found this story while going through a local magazine written by a person from Cherthala
‘Breast Tax’ to cover their breasts: A False Story to Attack Hindus based on a pseudo-historical legend
Several months ago, BBC had published an article based on a pseudo-historical legend. The article states Avarna (low caste women) from Kerala were not allowed to wear upper garments and used to pay ‘breast tax’ to cover their breasts. The article also states that, to protest this, a low caste Avarna woman named Nangeli from Ezhava caste chopped off her breasts and presented it to the tax officials. It was later published in ‘The News Minute’ as well by Supriya Unni Nair, when CBSE removed this section from its social science textbook.
Dec 20, 2021
Kerala govt. employees to pay Jizya tax on undertaking Sabarimala pilgrimage
The communist regime in Kerala issued a strange order on 30th November threatening pay cuts to government employees who wish to make the pilgrimage to the Sabarimala temple. It is seen as a move clearly aimed at discouraging Hindu state government employees from visiting Sabarimala. Incidentally, CM Pinarayi Vijayan holds the home portfolio too.
Dec 20, 2021
Men can be “possessed by Shaitan” if left alone with daughters, sisters: Samajwadi Party leader Abu Azmi
On Friday, Samajwadi Party leader Abu Azmi triggered a major controversy after suggesting that if left alone with his daughter or sister, a man can end up raping them. The highly contentious and obnoxious remarks were made by the senior politician during a conversation with News 18’s anchor Amish Devgan where the duo was debating the recent decision to increase marriageable age of women to 21.
Dec 20, 2021
Order of banning loudspeaker in hawanshala is taken back by Ambaji Mandir administration: Gujarat
Ambaji administration has withdrawn the order banning loudspeakers in the hawanshala after backlash from the Hindu society. Kutch Sant Samaj President Yogi Devnath had on Saturday taken to Twitter to register protest against the ban of loudspeakers in the temple complex.
Dec 20, 2021
R Madhavan starrer #Decoupled video goes viral in which he argues with a man doing Namaz at airport
The Netflix series Decoupled that features actor R Madhavan and Surveen Chawla is quite in the news for its hilarious, quirky take on upper-class urban life. The show has received both positive and negative reviews but is being discussed a lot on social media.