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Hindus Fight for Marriage Rights in Pakistan Just Like Gays are Fighting for Marriage Rights in the West

Hindus Fight for Marriage Rights in Pakistan Just Like Gays are Fighting for Marriage Rights in the West

Tweet By Linda Brock Bollywood Stars Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan during their Hindu Wedding Ceremony in India Lahore, Pakistan (CHAKRA) – A Hindu couple, Mukesh and Padma in Hyderabad Pakistan, tied the knot with a traditional Hindu ceremony but in a fashion different from the rest. The wedding, while having the seven pheras (seven [...]

July 16 2011 | Posted in Featured, Hindu Related, Ignored News, World News | Read More »

Bangladesh’s 200-year-old Kali Temple Vandalized

Bangladesh’s 200-year-old Kali Temple Vandalized

Tweet By Antony Thomas A damanged idol of Bal Krishna during a Hindu temple attack Dhaka, Bangladesh (CHAKRA) — Nine idols have been vandalized at a Kali Temple in Bangladesh by Islamists which has been standing for 200 years. According to temple committee president, Harendranath Barman, four of the nine damaged idols were found beheaded in [...]

May 10 2011 | Posted in Featured, Hindu Related, Ignored News, World News | Read More »

Am I a Hindu?

Am I a Hindu?

Tweet Pretty good and thought provoking especially in this day and age….   Am I a Hindu? Four years ago, I was flying from JFK NY Airport to SFO to attend a meeting at Monterey, CA. An American girl was sitting on the right side, near window  seat. It, indeed, was a long journey – [...]

August 4 2010 | Posted in Hinduism, Insight/Opinion | Read More »

60 Hindus Attacked and Forced Out of Their Homes for Drinking Water from ‘Muslims Only’ Fountain

60 Hindus Attacked and Forced Out of Their Homes for Drinking Water from ‘Muslims Only’ Fountain

Tweet Sindh, Pakistan (CHAKRA)—When a Hindu boy drank water out of a water facility outside of a mosque, several members of the minority community of Hindus were attacked and forced out of their homes in Sindh, Pakistan. In the capital city of Karachi in Memon Goth, about 60 Hindus were brutally hurt and kicked out [...]

July 31 2010 | Posted in Featured, Hindu Related, World News | Read More »

87-year-old Hindu Temple Facing Demolition in Pakistan

87-year-old Hindu Temple Facing Demolition in Pakistan

Tweet Islamabad, Pakistan (CHAKRA) —The minority Hindu community in Pakistan has protested against the demolition of a pre-partition 87-year-old Hindu temple, in the town of Rawalpindi, but the destruction has been set to take place. The temple was being used by Hindus and Sikhs to perform the last rituals of close ones, according to Jagmohan [...]

July 23 2010 | Posted in Featured, Hindu Related, Ignored News, World News | Read More »