Pakistan: Hindu Woman Murdered For Refusing Proposal of Muslim Boy
On January 27th, 2019, a tragedy hit a Hindu family in Pakistan. Talreja family’s daughter Rajkumari Talreja was shot dead by a Muslim man named Agha Salar in Shikarpur Sindh…
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380 Pastors, Church Officials of Leading US Evangelical Sect Charged for Sexual Abuse
After reviewing thousands of pages of legal documents over six months, the Houston Chronicle found that 380 Southern Baptist pastors and church officials were accused of a myriad of sexual…
Hindu Student, 15, is Kicked Out of a Catholic College For Wearing a Nose Piercing Because It ‘Violates’ the School Uniform Policy
A 15-year-old Hindu student has claimed that she was left crying and humiliated after being kicked out of her Catholic school for wearing a tiny nose stud. Sanya Singhal, from…
Shackles of History in the World’s Largest Democracy
History helps shape national perceptions and perspectives and undergirds national security. However, the boundary between historical fact and fiction is more porous than students of history might think. History is…
History of Medicine: Ancient Bharatiya Nose Jobs & the Origins of Plastic Surgery
Think plastic surgery is a modern luxury? Think again. It turns out that the roots of cosmetic and reconstructive procedures go back more than 2500 years. It’s a common misconception…
Indus Valley Civilisation May Pre-Date Egypt’s Pharoahs: Ancient Society is 2,500 Years Older Than Thought
With its impressive pyramids and complex rules, Ancient Egypt may seem to many the epitome of an advanced early civilisation. But new evidence suggests the Indus Valley Civilisation in India…
Interviews with non-Bharatiya Hindus: Ram Goodman
The phenomenon of non-Bharatiyas adopting Hindu Dharma is not new. However, the stories of how individuals came to the religion have not been regularly recorded. I hope to rectify that…
There is no such religion as ‘Hinduism’
In the last 11 years ever since I came back from my 20 years abroad, I realised that the British had coined a word called ‘Hinduism’ like ‘communism’ and ‘fascism’….
American Colonisation Killed So Many People It Triggered Climate Change, Study Suggests
The arrival of Europeans in the Americas left a trail of death in their wake that also triggered a period of climate change, according to a new theory proposed by British scientists,…
Qatar: Hedging Radical Islam
The Qataris are masters of hedging. We see Doha’s caution most clearly in the face of the Saudi and Emirati-led blockade, to which Qatari leaders have responded by both focusing…