New Delhi: Celebrated author Salman Rushdie was forced to stay away from the Jaipur Literature Festival and his live video conference cancelled following protests by the Jaipur-based Milli Council. Several activists of the Milli Council arrived at the venue of the Festival at Diggi Palace demanding that the proposed video address by Rushdie be called off, claiming that it was an insult to the Muslims. Rushdie has faced repeated threats...
10:01 PM, Jan 29, 2012
Chicago: An American television station that sparked an outrage among the Hindus by using the term 'weird' to describe their deities in a sports commentary, has removed "objectionable" content from its website after protests from the community. The commentary on an ice hockey match published on NBC Chicago website titled 'Why a 3-1 Blackhawks Loss Isn't So Bad', detailing Nashville Predators beating Chicago Blackhawks 3-1, said Predators were 'swallowing up...
08:38 AM, Jan 27, 2012
Chicago: An American television station in Chicago has offended the Hindu community after a sports commentary on its website used the term 'weird' to describe their deities. The commentary on an ice hockey match published on NBC Chicago website on Wednesday titled 'Why a 3-1 Blackhawks Loss Isn't So Bad', detailing Nashville Predators beating Chicago Blackhawks 3-1, said Predators were 'swallowing up space like some weird Hindu god'. Nevada-based Hindu...
02:01 PM, Jan 26, 2012
New Delhi: Diplomat and writer Pavan K Varma, the author of 16 books, is campaigning for literature in the mother tongue. And his debut fiction, set in India and Bhutan, also offers a dialogue between Hinduism and Buddhism. "Any writing becomes bad if it is derivative - and not rooted in culture," Varma, the Indian ambassador to Bhutan, told IANS in an interview. "Ideally, people should write in their own...
02:10 PM, Jan 13, 2012
On Swami Vivekananda's 149th birth anniversary, here's the full text of his famous Chicago speech through which he introduced Hinduism at the Parliament of the World's Religions, Chicago in 1893. 11th September, 1893 Sisters and Brothers of America It fills my heart with joy unspeakable to rise in response to the warm and cordial welcome which you have given us. l thank you in the name of the most ancient...
12:02 PM, Jan 12, 2012
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'Unity in Diversity' - the term was coined by Jawaharlal Nehru and later used by the eminent historian D D Kosambi to refer to the ...
03:42 PM, Oct 31, 2011
Chennai: Top southern actress Nayantara has converted from Christianity to Hinduism, say sources close to the Arya Samaj, even as she herself maintains a studied silence on the issue. Nayantara, born and brought up as Diana Mariam Kurian, was a born Christian. She changed her name because of her foray into films. She reportedly converted to Hinduism on Sunday morning at the Arya Samaj Temple in Chennai, the sources said,...
10:26 PM, Aug 11, 2011
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Controversies in India fail to have endings. It is not just that they are incomplete in terms of resolutions, they convey a sense of perpetual ...
02:56 PM, Jun 10, 2011
Los Angeles: Singer Katy Perry says she is gravitating towards meditation because of husband Russell Brand, who is into Hinduism. Brand, who married Perry in India last year, even sought the blessing of a Hindu guru before the wedding. Perry, who had a strict Christian upbringing, says she is very accepting and that's one of the things that keeps their marriage going. "I come from a very non-accepting family, but...
11:07 AM, May 06, 2011
Panic in south wales as Australia's oldest Hindu temple is attacked by masked gunmen. They are caught on CCTV firing shots at the temple. There have been no arrests as yet. ...
10:05 AM, Mar 31, 2011
London: Rajan Zed, the president of the Universal Society of Hinduism, has taken aim at Playboy bosses over a raunchy new yoga video in which a model performs the asanas in the buff. The online video posted on playboy.com shows model Sara Jean Underwood performing various yoga poses on a mat - naked. "Hindus are upset over what is the misuse of the age-old and revered system of yoga by...
12:52 PM, Oct 22, 2010
Chanira Bajracharya, 15, has been the Kumari or "living goddess" of Patan, an ancient town south of Kathmandu. ...
01:34 PM, Apr 07, 2010
The Christians are converting to Hindusim to save their lives. ...
06:08 PM, Oct 17, 2008
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Salim Khan challenges Muslim group to pass edict against terrorists. ...
11:20 PM, Sep 12, 2008
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