USCIRF hypocrisy: It’s about the Protestant worldview, not religious freedom – Firstpost

By Jakob De Roover The annual reports of the US Commission for International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) have long irked politicians and citizens from countries placed on its ‘watch list’. This is no different in India. In the 2015 report released about a fortnight ago, the country again occupies an unenviable spot in Tier 2, which includes countries More...

West’s jejune fantasies on Hinduism exposed
Vamsee Juluri’s book on Hinduism sets right the distortions that some authors of the Western mould have created in a deeper understanding of the religion. He is a sensible antithesis to the Wendy Doniger typesIt More...

Growing beef trade hits India’s sacred cow – World Religion News
Hindu devotees worship a sacred cow on the eve of Gopastami in Hyderabad on November 3, 2011. The cow is regarded by Hindus as gau mata, or maternal figure, and has had a long-standing central role in India’s More...

1,000-year-old Chola-era temple facing threat of demolition – The Hindu
A 1,000-year-old Siva temple at Manambadi village near Kumbakonam is facing the threat of demolition for expansion of a road under the Thanjavur-Vikkiravandi four-way project of the National Highways Authority More...

Video : Persecuted Pakistani Hindu’s speak out on Indian TV
India is the land they connect their lives to. And their luck seemed to shine when they found a safe shelter so miraculously. The Superintendent of Central Excise and Customs at Delhi airport, Nahar has turned More...

Why are Hindus so Uncomfortable with Themselves? – ChakraNews.com
New York, USA (CHAKRA) – This article will attempt to analyze why Hindus quite often do not feel comfortable speaking about their religion or identifying with aspects of it. The average Muslim, Christian or More...