Hindu - Different Truths

November 4, 2016
Asmani Jamdar Surve
Fairs & Festivals, People

Indian Culture and Values: Are NRIs more Indians at Heart than Resident Indians?

The Non-Resident Indians (NRIs), away from their homeland, recreate a small India wherever they are. They are far better knit, have a greater bond and are alive to the Indian culture...

September 13, 2016
Dr. Krishna Hota
Heritage, Religion

Conserving Nature and the Flora are Integral to the Hindu Mind: Managing Biodiversity- V

Hindus have traditionally respected Nature: trees, rocks, sea, river, air and soil, the earth, planets, sun, moon, the natural habitat as divine. Many plants and trees like Tusli, Bel, Vat, Peepul,...

September 6, 2016
Dr. Krishna Hota
Opinion, Religion

Control Pests and Insects the Nonviolent Way: Managing Bio-Diversity – IV

Respect for all life forms are central to the Hindu consciousness. There are prescribed nonviolent ways of controlling pests and insects. Further, there are customs to protect animals. Special days and...

August 30, 2016
Dr. Krishna Hota
Rituals & Practices

Folklores and Beliefs Help Preserve Animals, Birds and Insects: Managing Biodiversity- III

The sages and seers of ancient India recognised the importance of animals. While laying down the mores of social codes, they ensured that ‘brotherhood’ status be given to animals and...

August 16, 2016
Dr. Krishna Hota
Religion

God Manifests in all Creations: Managing Biodiversity with Reverent Love for Nature – I

The universality of the Hindu consciousness is immense. The Supreme Being is in the inner psyche of all creatures. God is present in all things big and small – the...

July 14, 2016
Lenin Raghuvanshi
Advocacy, Subaltern & Dalits

Caste and Torture

The National Human Rights Commission (2011) notes that from 2001 to 2010, there were 4,034 custodial deaths and 1,836 cases of custodial torture registered in India. The worst affected state...

July 11, 2016
Amitanshu Gour
Opinion, Politics

A Hard Look at Practical Secularism

To be a secular individual, one has to come to the support of all citizens, whether those who suffered in 2002 and equally those who suffered in 1984 or 1990....

July 10, 2016
Amit Singh
Cover Story, Dissent, Legal Issues

Is India Protecting Religious Sensitivity at the Cost of Freedom of Expression?

Tension between freedom of expression and religious intolerance is manifesting globally-particularly in multicultural Indian society, where censoring books and films by the state and further victimisation of writers, film director,...

June 19, 2016
Lily Swarn
Cover Story, Human Rights, People

The Partition

The partition of India is a deep gash in our collective consciousness. Millions of people from West Punjab and East Bengal were rendered homeless. There were hunger, rape, loss of human...

May 11, 2016
Arindam Roy
Dissent, Profile, Subaltern & Dalits

Lenin, my Friend: Empowering the Marginal, Restoring Dignity

Arindam profiles the life and times of the human rights activist, Lenin Raghuvanshi, who has been working tirelessly to empower and emancipate the lowest of the low among Dalits, the Musahars...

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