Hinduism

Hindus begin Ganesha festival celebrations (AFP)

yahoo.com     yesterday   1 related          

MUMBAI (AFP) - Hindus across the world on Wednesday began celebrating the Ganesha festival, the annual worship of the elephant-headed god, with major celebrations in the Indian city of Mumbai. For weeks craftsmen have...                    

Persecution Index 11: Orissa

timescolumns.typepad.com     yesterday   1 related          

As of September 1st, over 50,000 people have been displaced; 300 villages attacked; over 4000 homes totally destroyed; 10000 people who fled into the forest are still hiding there waiting to get into relief camps; 13000...                    

Supreme Court asks Orissa Govt. to submit report on Kandhamal

andhranews.net     yesterday   44 related          

The Supreme Court today directed the Orissa Government to submit its report on steps taken to protect the lives of people belonging to the Christian community in riot-hit Kandhamal district by Thursday. New Delhi, Sept 3...                    

Caught in a whirlpool of darkness

thenews.com.pk     Sep 3, 2008          

Wednesday, September 03, 2008 Shireen M Mazari The column today was meant to highlight the strange silence and oblivion of our present rulers to critical events happening in our external environment. Apart from anything...                    

Authorities lift curfew in Indian Kashmir

wtop.com     Sep 2, 2008   12 related          

One of the most prominent separatist leaders Syed Ali Shah Geelani is admitted in the hospital immediately after his release from eight-day police custody in Srinagar, India, Monday, Sep. 1, 2008. Muslim separatists in...                    

In a crucified state

hindustantimes.com     Sep 2, 2008          

The real problem in Kandhamal is related to the aggressive drives to convert tribals to Hinduism, including terror directed at Dalit Christians, who are the stumbling blocks in the path of the Sangh parivar and the VHP,...                    

Catholic Family Release Album Of Ancient Sanskrit Hymns

showbizspy.com     Sep 1, 2008   2 related          

The world's only Sanskrit rock band, SHANTI SHANTI, has recorded a new album featuring ancient Hindu hymns. The family group, featuring Robert Henry Forman and his children Andrea, Sara and Micah, spent a year researching...                    

Christian delegation seeks President's intervention to end tension in Orissa

dailyindia.com     Sep 1, 2008   12 related          

From ANI New Delhi, Sep 1: A delegation of Christians met President Pratibha Devisingh Patil on Monday to apprise her of the situation in Orissa in the wake of religious violence sparked by the killing of a Vishva Hindu...                    

When shells shattered silence of bell

telegraphindia.com     Sep 1, 2008          

Sujan Dutta reports from a theatre of ceasefire violation on the Line of Control Soldiers at the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir. File picture Pir Bhadreswar, on the Line of Control, Sept. 1: A single bell chimes from...                    

Opening of first Hindu state school sparks fears it will fuel racial segregation

thisislondon.co.uk     Sep 1, 2008          

Pioneering: The design for Krishna-Avanti primary school and its temple England’s first Hindu state school opens its doors to pupils this month amid fears that it will fuel racial segregation. The primary and attached...