World Focus

In this era of supposedly free news and information we find that certain ‘dissident’ voices are ostracised and placed beyond the pale. Hence we have the case of Julian Assange. He is not alone in facing the wrath of those who would rather that the public be kept in ignorance. Then there is Tulsi Gabbard, Despite running [...]

There have been several news reports, analyses and opinion pieces published in important Western media outlets in the past few months about the ongoing elections in India. The New York Times, The Washington Post, the BBC, Time magazine, The Economist, and National Public Radio are among the news that media that have devoted much attention [...]

Tulsi Gabbard has kept a cool head, enunciating a diplomatically balanced view of the importance of her role: "Hopefully the presence in Congress of an American who happens to be Hindu will increase America's understanding of India as well as India's understanding of America." One thing is certain: her election has electrified the estimated [...]

There is a low-intensity cultural war raging against Hindus in popular culture in India and outside. Vamsee Juluri, Professor of Media Studies at the University of San Francisco, explains the mechanics of this phenomenon. [...]

The Reclaim Temples team have located the ancient Malayambadi Narasimha Temple which was destroyed during riots and was lying in ruins for close to a century. [...]

Mumbai: A dog with pro-BJP stickers on its body was detained along with his master in north Maharashtra's Nandurbar town where polling for the Lok Sabha elections took place Monday. [...]

As Prithvi Mata - Bhumi devi - Mother Earth is sacred to Hindus so some HHR members have been present at the ongoing Extinction Rebellion to save Mother Earth. Unfortunately no other Hindus groups were present. [...]

UK-based British Pakistani Christian Association (BPCA) has extended help to the family members of two Hindu minor girls Reena and Raveen who , in recent, past were abducted and forcibly converted to Islam and later married to Muslims men. While talking to TOI over phone from London on Friday, president of BPCA Wilson Chaudhary informed that [...]

From Bhakta to saffron to Lord Rama to Hindu temple bells nothing is spared in the latest Congress Party 'Bhakta' Athem election video [...]

Tamil Hindus are a minority in Sri Lanka but they are facing stiff challenges from other minority religions when it comes to freely practice their faith. On Mahashivaratri, one of the prominent Tamil Hindu religious festivals, Tamil Hindus faced a harrowing time at Thiruketheechcharam Siva Temple, Mannar, Sri Lanka when hooligans descended on the site [...]