My name is Kavea and I am vegetarian. – The Modern Hindu
“What about protein?” “Is it because you worship cows?” Voices immediately chime up to ask these questions as soon as people realize that I am vegetarian. Especially being surrounded by future doctors, More...
Maha Shivratri: Why world’s largest particle physics lab CERN has a statue of Lord Shiva | DNA
Many Hindus celebrate Maha Shivratri on March 7 in accordance with the Hindu calendar to venerate Lord Shiva who is considered one of the most important deities in the religion. Interestingly, Shiva, who is also More...
Explainer: what are the origins of today’s Hindu nationalism?
In early February, a video claiming to show an “anti-India” rally being held at the prestigious Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi went viral. Police entered the campus, arresting the president of the More...
Flourishing of Hinduism in China
Eibela Desk : International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Center – China (ISYVC-China) started in 1961 when Swami Vishnudevananda went on a worldwide mission to introduce Hinduism, Spirituality and Yoga. Sivananda More...
Faith on their sleeves: Hindu clothing is simple, traditional
Hinduism started about 7,000 years ago, during a time when no other religion existed in India. B.N. Roy, the spokesman for the Hindu Temple Society of Augusta, said it started with the creation of the Vedas, which More...
India’s Kumbh Mela Is Used as an Incubator for Smart City Startup Ideas
Can India’s Kumbh Mela–a religious pilgrimage that at its peak is expected to attract around 30 million people to the western city of Nashik this year–provide ideas for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who plans 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...