World Focus

WASHINGTON: At about the same time the death of a farmer in New Delhi brought the capital’s attention on farm suicides, a young Indian-American was invoking with gratitude the Indian roots of his success in the United States: his agriculturist grandfather’s resilience and sacrifice that led his parents emigration and his own remarkable achievement in [...]

The Number of People Enslaved The number of people enslaved by Muslims has been a hotly debated topic, especially when the millions of Africans forced from their homelands are considered. Some historians estimate that between A.D. 650 and 1900, 10 to 20 million people were enslaved by Arab slave traders. Others believe over 20 million enslaved Africans [...]

Thousands of people caught in poverty because successive governments refuse to change their refugee status Laws mean that the West Pakistan Refugees living in Jammur and Kashmir cannot vote in elections or own property Hopes that election of Hindu nationalist party as a coalition partner could herald historic change for the community As healer Mangu [...]

Dr Koenraad Elst discusses Hindu Bashing and Hinduphobia in today's Media and Academia across the world left unchallenged by the present ruling party the BJP and Hindu organizations.He also discusses anti Hindu/India groups set up by Indians in the west along with their backers for military intervention/ armed resistance to balkanize India.Also Dr Elst proves [...]

Thanks to Ramanujan’s effort, one can now access Sastras through the computer. In the late 1920s, Ghanapathi Parankusachar Swami won a prize in Sanskrit. When asked whether he wanted the prize of Rs 3,000 in cash or kind, he asked for books! Thus he acquired a wonderful library. This enabled his son Ramanujan to pore [...]

“What is more of a hate crime: when a stone is thrown at a church by a drunkard or when respected clergy declare without any proof that Hindus are damned to eternal hell-fire if they don’t become a member of the Church, and when they brainwash Christian children to believe this? Will TV anchors be [...]

Thalamalai is a hilly area, Located 75 Km away from Trichy and on the way of Trichy to Namakkal Highway. Thalamalai is a part of Eastern Ghats. This hill gets its name because it resembles the head of a person (in tamil head means Thala). It is believed that this is the face of lord [...]

National Council of Hindu Temples (UK) – Press Release Oxford University bars Dr Subramanian Swamy & Rajiv Malhotra – Cancels lecture on “Indias Economy” & “Revisionist History” The Human Rights Act 1998 incorporates Article 9 of the European Convention on Human Rights into UK law. Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and [...]

On 5-7 February 2015, the Dharma Civilization Foundation (DCF) organized a brainstorm conference called “Strategic Retreat” in SVYASA outside Bengaluru. Coming in the first year of the reputedly Hindu government of Narendra Modi, it could not but serve as an occasion for guiding and correcting the thought informing the present policies. The organizers themselves had [...]

There are many misconceptions about Yoga and/or meditation, especially in the material-minded West. Many there, seem to confuse relaxation and “mindfulness” with Hindu’s meditation-proper, which is primarily of a more exact and technical methodology, and is of a primarly psycho-spiritual nature. This is a typical confusion that happens often between Eastern spirituality and/or Yogic techniques and with vague New Age cliches. [...]