Editor’s Note: This story has not been covered by any major media around the world and in the first few weeks of the incident only 2 small online media publications wrote about this. It should also be noted that no media or organization within India and Pakistan condemned this Racist and anti-Hindu comment yet Indian [...]
By:Rudra Chatterjee, HinduVoice UK
I went to see the twelve years in making James Cameron epic “Avatar” the other day. There had already been some talk in Hindu circles regarding the movie’s use of the Hindu word/concept as its title. But, being a huge fan of the Terminator movies (Terminator 2 in particular), this wasn’t my [...]
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Two Jain sadhvis were killed and three others were injured when a speeding truck hit them near Limdi on the Rajkot-Ahmedabad highway on Wednesday.
The deceased sadhvis have been identified as Nirjarabai Mahasatiji and Suvidhabhai Mahasatiji, both of whom belong to the Airamar Sthankwasi Jain sect of the Jain community. Sources said that the tragic incident [...]
On February 09 1924-
1st Shaheedhi Jatha of 500 Akali Sikhs, under the command of Jathedar Udham Singh of village Verpal, marched from Sri Akal Takhat for Gangsar, Jaito. It reached Jaito on Feb 20-21, the third anniversary of Nankana tradegy.
JAITO – village under Nabha, which falls on the Bathinda-Ferozpur railway line. It is 96 miles [...]
An Indian-origin social and spiritual leader in the UK today won the right to be cremated in an open air funeral pyre according to Hindu rituals, ending a prolonged legal battle.
In a landmark judgement, Britain’s Court of Appeal granted Davender Ghai, 71, the right to be cremated after his death in an open-air funeral pyre.
Delighted [...]
As part of the Morality Revival Project by the abbot of the Dhammakaya temple in Thailand, a mass ordination of 100,000 monks was organized. The objective is to strengthen ethics and improve morality by allowing 100,000 men to be true monks for 49 days. The mass ordination was hosted by the Dhammakaya Temple and 330 [...]
HANOI — One of the world’s most influential Buddhist monks made a plea for religious freedom in Vietnam Monday after his followers were forced from two temples.
Devotees of French-based Zen master and peace activist Thich Nhat Hanh say they have gone underground in Vietnam since last month when they were driven from the Phuoc Hue [...]
Ramandeep Singh Khaira, a relief volunteer leaving for Haiti Thursday, has had trouble sleeping for the past few nights.
Mr. Khaira, a 29-year-old sales and marketing employee from Surrey, B.C., is part of Team Kitsilano – a group of five Sikh volunteers organized by the Surrey-based Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara Society. The GNSGS raised $1.5-million for [...]
LONDON: Britain’s first Asian judge has called for Sikhs to be allowed to wear their ceremonial daggers to school.
The comments by Sir Mota Singh, QC, come after a number of cases of Sikhs being banned from wearing the daggers – known as kirpans – and other religious artefacts in schools or workplaces.
”Not allowing someone who [...]
By: Lisa Miller
America is not a Christian nation. We are, it is true, a nation founded by Christians, and according to a 2008 survey, 76 percent of us continue to identify as Christian (still, that’s the lowest percentage in American history). Of course, we are not a Hindu—or Muslim, or Jewish, or Wiccan—nation, either. [...]