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By Prof. Kancha Ilaiah ==================== With the other students in my small village school, I used to sing the first two stanzas of Vande Mataram as a boy.

It seems those pesky, intolerant, religious extremists in India are at again. Last month they made a big fuss about Valentine's Day which has no religious meaning for me nor most of the rest of the Western World; that is, unless one defines getting laid as a religious experience:-) But of course, like many of our commercial holidays, Valentine's ...

The 'auspicious' day also happens to be 'Dev Diwali' -PHOTO: NAGARA GOPAL Time to pray: Devotees performing puja on the auspicious day of Karthika Purnima at a Sivalayam in the city on Monday.

The Goa government could have partially footed the bill for the Diwali eve low intensity blast that was carried out by two members of the rightwing Hindu outfit Sanatan Sanstha , an official said.

A Guy felt insulted he said he was Kirat Dont call me Hindu . Another said we dont worship or believe in Ram .another said Shiv Krishna are all import from Vedic invaders Dalit And Adivasia Considerd themselves fromAfrica and hate Fair Aryan Brahmin telling them what to do so i am not hindu they say Then some of them invent NonHindu religion Arya ...

The Buddha preached equality for all, even women. AP Photo/Hermann J. Knippertz This is part three in a series of posts about religion and feminism.

'Hindu terror is less potent vis-a-vis jihadi' IANS PANAJI: The Goa police believe there is a difference between jihadi terrorism and right wing Hindu terrorism.

Goa Chief Minister Digambar Kamat Friday distanced himself from statements of his spokesperson Thursday, accusing right wing Hindu organisation Sanatan Sanstha of 'breeding terrorism' and 'dividing society'. Speaking to reporters at his official residence here, Kamat said: 'I have not seen or heard the comments.

One Indian Hindu research professor, in his stunning book, claims that the description of Avatar found in the holy books of Hindu religion is in fact that of the Prophet Muhammad .

New Delhi, Oct. 30 : A Spanish couple, inspired by Indian culture, married in accordance with Hindu rituals in Agra, the city of the world famous Taj Mahal.

MADURAI: The Madras High Court Bench here on Tuesday stayed the trial in a criminal case in which a caste Hindu was accused of setting his Dalit employee on fire in Melur taluk on January 14, 2000.

A former Hindu-- a member of the Brahmin caste-- has told reporters in India that Hindu militants are building a "myth" about the forcible conversion of their fellow religionists by Christian missionaries.

Hundreds of Adivasis from villages in Maharashtra's Thane district were "reconverted" to Hinduism at a "purification" ceremony in Thane on Monday.

The Hindu Right has called her lewd, vulgar and disrespectful while the secular Left celebrates her.

A baby elephant was given a day he will not forget when he received a blessing from a Hindu priest.

Oscar winner musician A. R. Rahman's "Jai ho" has again won laurels at prestigious World Soundtrack Academy awards in Ghent, Belgium.

The Goa police arrested a member of Hindu right wing group Sanatan Sanstha in connection with Friday's blast in Margao that killed two people, DIG Ravindra Yadav said.

Hindus across the GTA are celebrating Diwali, a festival of lights, that marks the beginning of a new year for believers of the world's oldest religion.

In tune with an ancient Hindu tradition, priests in Himachal Pradeshs Kullu region on Tuesday commenced the Ashwamedha Yagna, the fire ritual as narrated in Ramayana and Mahabharata, amid chantings from Vedic scriptures.Incidentally, it is for the first time that this ritual is being observed and performed in Kullu and it will continue till October ...

Her father protects in childhood, her husband protects in youth, and her sons protect in old age; a woman is never fit for independence.