Bengal

Mohammad Manik, risking his own life jumped into a sudden flash flood that hit the Mal river in Bengal to save people who were unaware of the flood rushing towards them during the Durga Dieties immersion. He saved at least nine people, among them three children and four women. [...]

New Delhi: Non-resident Indians (NRIs) including Bengali diaspora carried out protests in more than 30 countries over the post-poll violence in West Bengal, demanding strong action by the government, Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP's) state in-charge Amit Malviya said on Sunday.  He shared images of protesters carrying 'Hindu Lives Matter', 'Hindu genocide', 'Mamata Stop Hindu Killing, Stop Raping [...]

Hinduphobia is a modern term for a far more ancient practice. Hindu Human Rights have traced historical roots in their articles for religious persecution of Hindus since Islamic and British colonialisms. The experiences of Hindus may have other terms to describe them. This list is an evolving document, set up to clarify the historical context for [...]

Three members of a family, including an eight-year-old boy, have been "murdered by unidentified miscreants" in West Bengal's Murshidabad district, a senior police officer said on Wednesday. The bodies of Bondhu Gopal Pal, a 35-year-old primary school teacher, his 8 month pregnant wife Beauty, and son Angan were found lying in a pool of blood [...]

The benefactors of the terrorists have become its new targets. Britain claims to be fighting a war against terrorism by groups that claim their basis is Islam. Yet for centuries going back to the British Raj it has actually allied, funded and acted as apologists for the very same outfits and ideas especially against Hindus [...]

The Left uses colonial constructs in its seeming 'progressive' and liberationist view of humanity. Therefore Hinduism is evil because of caste system, superstition, and India's poverty. The Right it must be remembered has been the traditional haunt of those who espouse racism, xenophobia, imperial glories, values of Little England, the sanctity of the British Empire, [...]

You can’t choose your neighbours. But India is a unique country, which created its own neighbour. In December 1971, the Indian Army marched into East Pakistan. The Pakistan Army was massacring, raping and looting, mainly Bengali Hindus, who at that time numbered around a crore. The result of the war was the formation of Bangladesh. [...]

The concept of monotheism is taken to mean belief in just one god, deity, the creator. This is contrasted with polytheism which belief in many gods, as well as atheism which is denial of such a supernatural being. But is it just so simple? Has this monotheist narrative now spilled over into what we would [...]