A vermilion dot on the forehead is one of India’s most widely accepted Hindu cultural insignias. But at the festival, where ...

A reporter’s trip to the world’s largest holy festival was interrupted by a deadly stampede. His account reveals both the ...

In Hinduism too there are certain symbols, powerful and simple, that carry messages and energies to help people, and here we mention some of them. One of the most famous and easy-to-remember ...

One example is the term “Hinduism” itself. It was used first by Charles Grant in a pejorative sense, to dismiss “natives’” religion as crude superstition. Yet within a few years that ...

The sheer diversity of Hinduism and its inherent contradictions may appear baffling to an outsider. It doesn't tick any of the boxes that would define a religion if we apply the Western definition ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. A book about Hinduism which begins with a maharaja’s cows sounds a little like a Rudyard Kipling tale ...

Liberalism and Hinduism are totally compatible. Hinduism offers such an extraordinarily eclectic mix of choices and ways to worship and realise oneself, and doesn’t claim to be the only true ...

He said Hinduism is the ideal faith for the 21st century and added that no one takes monopoly in Hinduism. Congress MP Tharoor was in conversation with author Francesc Miralles and N. Ravi at The ...

Condon. This is the sixth part of that series. However, I would be remiss if I did not discuss, to some extent, Islam and Hinduism — the two religions that, along with Christianity, comprise ...

A 34-year-old Muslim man converted to Hinduism to marry his girlfriend with whom he had an affair for the past 10 years, changing his name from Saddam to Shivshankar, police said on Monday.

Hyderabad: At the "Haindava Sankharavam" meeting organised by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad in Kesarapally near Gannavaram, renowned lyricist Anantha Sriram expressed concern over the way Hinduism is ...

Hindu Studies: Foundations and Frameworks offers an inclusive, interdisciplinary exploration of Hinduism's cultural, philosophical and social dimensions, says SHALEEN KUMAR SINGH The book "Hindu ...