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 Note. Personally cant really see any problem when most of the HHR team are all born in the West and are not only proud Hindus but Hindu activists as well ) How do you teach your children about religion, particularly your own? Are the parents responsible for this vital task, or should they call in [...]

Guest speakers discuss the following questions: What can we understand about the layers of the mind? “Who” is the thinker? Is consciousness located in a specific part of the brain? How do some of the latest findings about the brain connect with the Vedic Tradition? Talk 1 : Dr. Karen Shanor Ph.D., Clinical and Neuropsychologist, [...]

IN THE upper reaches of the Ganga, numerous hydel projects threaten the river’s ecosystem. And in the plains, as the river flows through the states of Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal, a toxic mix of untreated sewage, discarded garbage, agricultural run-off and industrial waste flow unabated into it. Hindus regard the Ganga water [...]

The older European and pre-European holiday traditions were not based upon claimed religious phenomenon, but rather upon the seasonal characteristics of nature. The ancient traditions were founded by people who were highly aware of seasonal change and arranged their lives and festivities around them accordingly, explicitly marking the spring and fall equinoxes as well as [...]

The allegation that the chief minister of Gujarat did nothing to prevent a ‘series of orchestrated riots’ in 2001 is indeed serious. This needs some deliberation and analysis since this has been the most frequently made charge against Modi, says Colonel (retd) Anil Athale. Just when one thought that enough ink has been spilled on [...]

Defying stereotypes, a Muslim boy and girl have bagged all three medals instituted for the BA course in the ancient Indian language by the Gujarat University. Two of the medals for Sanskrit were won by Taiyab Sheikh, a student of Y S Arts and Commerce college in Devgadh Baria in Panchmahals district. The third went [...]

The manner in which the students at the Wharton School were forced to drop the Indian politician Narendra Modi from their event after some faculty members used factual inaccuracies to demonize the speaker has a surreal parallel in the world of literature. In “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland,” the following exchange takes place in the court [...]

Of Course Hinduphobes will say there is no such thing as Hinduism as it’s made up so then they can dismantle Hindus into smaller groups and then convert them. But then you have the Hindu experts also make comical claims about how Hinduism is not a religion but a way of life to sound spiritually [...]

Every 12 years Hindu pilgrims gather at the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna rivers in northern India to bathe in the sacred waters. The gathering, known as the Kumbh Mela, is the world’s largest religious festival, drawing millions of people over 55 days, and culminating this year with the Shivaratri Snan bathing day on [...]

Please Also read how Kerala is turning into the next Kashmir : Kerala: The Death of Adi Shankara’s Own Country [...]