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Nathuram Verma has been a highly sought-after Dalit priest in Kota, Rajasthan for 10 years, providing much needed spiritual leadership in a community shunned by high-caste Hindu priests.  In Hindu culture, priests perform numerous community rituals. But Brahmin priests often refuse to do so in parts of India where Dalits live in marginalised society.As a [...]

An octogenarian engineer-turned-sadhu has staked his life once again to stop the damming of the holy river Environmental engineer and former IIT-Kanpur professor-turned-sadhu, Swami Gyan Swaroop Sanand (formerly GD Agrawal), 81, has not eaten anything for three-and- a-half months. By the time this article will be published, it will be 107 days since he started [...]

For several years now I have identified myself as a believer in Sanatan Dharma. Sometimes I feel comfortable referring to myself as a Hindu, and yet other times I feel quite uncomfortable. I’ll explain why shortly. Embracing the Hindu philosophy has been quite simple for me really. The moment I began reading The Upanishads something [...]

EDISON – Campaign signs for Dr. Sudhanshu Prasad, a town councilman running for mayor, were defaced with racist graffiti over the weekend, his campaign said. “We strongly denounce these deplorable acts,” Prasad and his running mates on the town council slate said in a statement released Monday. “These are cowardly acts of bigotry which have [...]

The Rise of Hindu Anger across  India has nothing to do with ‘Modi’, the RSS/VHP or the BJP or some imaginary Hindutva Fascism Phantom but the root cause is Indian ‘Secularism’ itself.And it will go out of control if the Indian ‘secular’ state continues with its anti Hindu policies. Muzaffarnagar is just one of many [...]

When Nina Davuluri of New York won Miss America 2013, she said in her first press conference after the victory:  “I’m so happy this organization has embraced diversity. I’m thankful there are children watching at home who can finally relate to a new Miss America.” However  this crowning of the first Miss America of Asian [...]

A devotee of Hanuman was once driving a cartload of grain to the market. On the way, one wheel got stuck and the cart could not be drawn forward. The cart slanted too, and a few bags fell on the ground. The devotee sat on the cart and started praying to Hanuman. He completed chanting [...]

The Hindu psychology throughout this exercise is one of apology, of shamefacedness, of defence against what is initially conceded as a valid criticism of the idioms and forms in which Hindu spirituality has been spelled out in its shastras. This is a disastrous psychology. It leads to a supine surrender on the one hand, and [...]

A nation’s theories about education depend upon its theories about man. Its definition and understanding of education depend upon its definition and understanding of man. If we regard man as a physical entity, our approach to education would be of one kind; if we regard man as a mental being, our approach would be of [...]

 by asansolnews September 9th, 2013; Jamshoro, Sindhudesh: A couple of years back the Attorney General of Pakistani Punjab who was also the relative of Pakistan Muslim League chief former PM of Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif, baselessly said that the Hindus of Pakistan are involved in terrorism. When most of the people talked about the baseless nature [...]