Julio Ribeiro says Hindu Rashtra proponents emboldened under Modi
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Denying the existence of the Saraswati River akin to denying gravity
Since his retirement from a life of service at NCERT, Arjun Dev was in the forefront condemning the BJP textbooks. Arjun Dev wrote in an article that appeared in Mainstream, November 9, 2002 Pushing the Parivar More...
Weekly Hindu Persecution Digest: 01 February- 08 February 2015
1. St. Stephen principal in conversion row Report: A Delhi court has asked the principal of St. Stephen College Valson Thampu and a college employee Deepak Mukarji to respond by 25 February to a complaint More...
The Adulteress or the misogyny of Jesus Christ
The Bible narrates an episode about Jesus and an accused adulteress (John 8:1-11). In this narrative, Jesus is in an assembly with his disciples. A mob brings a woman to the assembly, accuses her of having committed More...
Bangladeshi Hindus are mice for cats
‘This was sent by IndiaFacts reader Narayan Ukil, a Bangladeshi Hindu fighting for the rights of Hindus in Bangladesh.’ Hindus are unnecessary citizens of Bangladesh and the ease with which Hindus routinely More...
Ramachandra Guha wants science to be approved by socialists
In the 12 January edition of Hindustan Times, eminent Nehruvian Ramchandra Guha expressed dismay over the controversy surrounding the Indian Science Congress where it was claimed that ancient Indians were well versed More...
Weekly Hindu Persecution Digest:11 January-18 January 2015
1. Facing Intolerance, many Sikhs and Hindus leave Afghanistan Report: Rawail Singh, a leader of Kabul’s Sikh community stated that he worries that his tiny religious minority community could disappear entirely More...
Encyclopaedia of Hinduism: A Review
A major and long-awaited project has been brought to completion. The 11-volume Encyclopedia of Hinduism, with a foreword by Dr. Karan Singh, is the brainchild of the India Heritage Research Foundation and Swami More...
Academic Hinduphobia in America
The study of Hinduism in the West is currently undergoing a metamorphosis. Second and third generation Hindu-Americans, who since the 1960’s were educated in American high schools, have been personally impacted More...