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Gopi reveals that he himself practised yoga especially the Suryanamaskars during his playing days and it did help him a lot, more so after the career-threatening knee injury. Former All England champion and now India’s chief national badminton coach, Pullela Gopi Chand, says that lot of aspects of stretching and physical conditioning in a sportsperson’s [...]

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When Rajeev Ram stood on the Olympic podium alongside doubles partner Venus Williams to receive their silver medal in tennis, children much like the boy he once was sat rapt in front of their televisions at home. For Hindu American children, Ram is a new role model, one of the first Americans who share their religion [...]

Adopting a strident stand towards Supreme Court’s curbs on Dahi Handi in Maharashtra, the Shiv Sena on Saturday said people will foil such attempts to hinder celebration of Hindu festivals. “Ganeshotsav, Dahi Handi and Navratra festival are all parts of our beliefs. Courts which are now governing us should not cross the Lakshman Rekha at [...]

In order to protest the construction of an oil pipeline that would be built across the Missouri River near their tribal lands in North Dakota, Native American tribal members took a stand and rode on horseback to speak their piece. Their reason for the protest is that they believe the construction of a Dakota Access [...]

Pm Modi recently called Gau Rakshaks ( Cow Protectors )  ‘fake and opportunists ‘ followed by a whole chorus of condemnation from other BJP members along with the RSS referring to Gau Rakshaks as  ‘criminals’ breaking the law. But this hasn’t deterred the Gau Rakshaks who have grown in popularity among the Hindu masses the [...]

For more than a decade, Ajmal Singh has been trying to get Indian citizenship. He fled Pakistan 14 years ago and continues to live in a refugee camp, with ten children, on the outskirts of Jodhpur. He worked as a driver before crossing over but doesn’t know farming or mining, the only two jobs readily [...]

At 7:10am BBC Radio 4 broadcasts the religious affairs programme ‘Sunday’, appropriately named because that is the day on which it is aired. Now in this programme we have this delightful installment: “The National Council of Churches in India will hold a day of protest next week against the country’s discriminatory caste system. It follows [...]

Nitish Bhardwaj, the actor who immortalized Lord Krishna for Indian audience through B.R. Chopra’s Mahabharat makes a comeback to Hindi cinema with Ashutosh Gowariker’s Mohenjodaro. In an exclusive conversation with Indian Express.com, the former Parliamentarian spoke at length about the movie, his character and why, in his opinion, India is an intolerant nation. How did [...]

Islamabad:  In yet another attack on miniorities in Pakistan, a 56-year old doctor belonging to the Hindu community was shot dead in Karachi, it was reported on Friday. “Pireetam Das was sitting in his clinic located in Hasrat Mohani Colony at midnight on Thursday when someone attacked him,” Akhtar Farooq, SSP Investigation said. The police [...]