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The Asian Age
April 13, 2018
New temples and mosques are to be seen in every nook and corner of the country. I was recently in some rural parts of Telangana, and noticed that even small villages now have two or three temples, when very clearly one could do. This is not just because of the wide choices of gods available to Hindus;Ãâà...
WTOP
April 13, 2018
Other items included a plastic statue of the Hindu god Vishnu, a cheese grater, and a human tooth in a box. Aside from the bizarre items, Cindy Zipf of Clean Ocean Action said Thursday most of the trash consisted of plastics, which can kill fish and animals that swallow it. “An emaciated sperm whaleÃâà...
Hindustan Times
April 13, 2018
National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq took notice of the image shared on social media that depicted Pakistan Tehreek-e- Insaf (PTI) chairman Khan as the Hindu god. The Hindu MPs have said the caricature was first posted on social media by supporters of ousted premier Nawaz Sharif's PML-N party.
Economic Times
April 13, 2018
The directive came yesterday after a picture of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan depicted as a Hindu god was doing the rounds on ... The issue was raised by Ramesh Lal who presented an example of the blasphemous content -- a picture of a Hindu deity with Imran's face, the report said.
Times Now
April 13, 2018
Islamabad: A photo of cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan, the chief of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), 'depicted' as the Hindu god Lord Shiva has reportedly gone viral on social media, triggering outrage among the Hindu community in Pakistan, with the matter also reportedly causing an uproar in theÃâà...
DAWN.com
April 12, 2018
A picture of Pakistan Tehreek-i- Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan depicted as a Hindu god has been doing the rounds on social media in what is also ... The issue was raised as a point of order by Ramesh Lal who presented an example of the blasphemous content — a picture of a Hindu deity with the PTIÃâà...
The Atlantic
April 12, 2018
Ambedkar was born a Dalit, and he saw the Buddha as a radical social reformer who created an outlet from the rigid Hindu caste system. ... course of Indian history, Buddhism has been uneasily absorbed into the Hindu fold, with some arguing that Buddha was really an incarnation of the Hindu god Vishnu.
BizTimes.com (Milwaukee)
April 11, 2018
In Hinduism, Lord Ganesh is worshipped as god of wisdom and remover of obstacles and is invoked before the beginning of any major undertaking. On Tuesday afternoon the “Ganesh Throw Pillow,” was listed as “out of stock,” on the Kohls.com website. “Kohl's has removed the product in question from ourÃâà...
The Diplomat
February 28, 2018
A perfect example of Muslim architecture, save for the fact that there were figures of Hindu deities inside and the wall around the tomb had swastikas ... In some regards it is more heterodox than more fundamentalist trends in Islam; it stresses a more personal relation between a believer and God (and thusÃâà...
Gizmodo
February 28, 2018
Hanuman doesn't play much of a role in the Black Panther film or comics, but the deity is featured prominently throughout the Hindu epic poem Ramayana, a fundamental text that informs much of Indian society both culturally and religiously. In one story within the Ramayana, Hanuman (a monkey deity, notÃâà...
HuffPost
February 27, 2018
As is true of many Hindu festivals, Holi is associated with a number of different spiritual texts and traditions that vary from region to region in India. For some, Holi is a day to remember the divine couple, Radha and Krishna, or the love and sacrifice of the Hindu god Kama. Others think of the faithfulness ofÃâà...
The Guardian
February 26, 2018
Holi is the Hindu spring festival of colours. In Barsana and ... During the first day of the festival, the women of Barsana, the birth place of Hindu Goddess Radha, beat the men from Nandagaon, the hometown of Hindu God Krishna, with wooden sticks in response to their efforts to drench them with colours.
The Wire
February 26, 2018
New Delhi: Two people were arrested in Ballia, Uttar Pradesh, for allegedly making derogatory remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, UP chief minister Adityanath, and Hindu gods in a video posted on social media five days ago, the police said on Sunday. A case was registered against fourÃâà...
The Tribune
February 21, 2018
The accused has been identified as Goldy Sharma, a resident of Ramsarra village. According to sources, the situation turned tense in Rampura, when a person placed idols of Hindu deities near garbage and when local residents tried to prevent him from doing so he broke the idols and thrown them in theÃâà...
PJ Media
February 20, 2018
In an epic fail of political correctness, Indian censors bleeped out a word specifically put into "Black Panther" to cater to fans in India. Among the religious beings mentioned in the new Marvel movie is Hanuman, the name of an Indian deity which filmmakers used for a god known only as the "ape god" in theÃâà...
Eurasia Review
December 31, 1999
A US-based Hindu group is upset over reported parading of Hindu deities during the world's largest carnival in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) in February, calling it highly inappropriate. According to reports, performers dressed as Lord Ganesha and other Hindu deities danced as a part of the carnival in the Rio deÃâà...
NewsBytes
December 31, 1999
I am a moderate Hindu who does not go to temples, whose beliefs are shaky, but I still get hurt when they mock my Gods. ... TheWire's editor went in a cab, in North India, there was a cliche driver, the Hindus were celebrating their festival rather violently, she got scared and called our God a militant. Do youÃâà...
Times of India
December 31, 1999
BALLIA: An FIR has been lodged against four persons for allegedly making derogatory remarks against Hindu Gods, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and chief ... The accused had recently posted a video on Facebook and WhatsApp in which derogatory remarks were made against Hindu Gods, the PrimeÃâà...
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