India
Can India ever be a Hindutva Rashtra?
In 2019, I was stunned into silence and enclosed myself in walled depression when on social media, some right-wingers called me a few objectionable...
India
In Uttar Pradesh, minor Muslim boy flogged by man for drinking water in a temple
In a horrific video circulating around social media, which stirred many netizens to anger, a 12-year-old Muslim boy was brutally thrashed for drinking water...
Religion
Lailat al-Miraj ‘The Night of Ascent’ – the miraculous journey of Prophet Muhammad to Heavens
The events of Isra and Miʿraj mentioned briefly in the Quran are further elaborated and interpreted within the supplement to the Quran, the literary...
Religion
Mahashivratri is to revere, cherish, be grateful for energy that flows through all
Shiva, according to Hindu mythology, is believed to be the unbounded, formless cosmic energy around which life revolves
Shiv and Ratri, the night of Shiva....
India
PM Modi praises Gita, says it inspires to think, question, debate
Quoting a review of a journal of cardiology published by the University of Oxford which talks at length about the relevance of Gita during...
Middle East
In a historic move, Pope Francis visits Iraq to meet with Iraq’s top Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani Â
On Saturday, Pope Francis, (84) head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State met with Iraq's top Shi'ite cleric Grand...
Middle East
Syrian children terrified of clear blue skies for when skies are clear, bombs will drop
The Syrian conflict began on 15 March 2011. What started as a nonviolent protest in 2011 escalated into a full-fledged civil war with the...
India
Hamirpur: Deputy Commissioner reviewed the preparations for the Chaitra fair
Deputy Commissioner reviewed the preparations of the Chaitra fair in a meeting with the officials of police and various departments and non-official members of...