Culture

Faith Knows No Religion: Banke Bihari Temple again rejects boycott call against Muslim artisans and businesses

Banke Bihari Priests reject boycott calls against Muslim artisans and businesses, hail Muslim artisans as vital to temple traditions, embrace unity over division, and uphold faith as the highest virtue in Brijmandal—where even Raskhan sang for Krishna, and craftsmen of all faiths continue to serve the divine with devotion, senior priest said "Bhakti is supreme in Brijmandal. If someone has faith and comes for darshan, why should we oppose it?"

When Majrooh Sultanpuri went to jail for writing poetry against Nehru

On his 99th birth anniversary, read how noted Hindi...

SC ends gender discrimination at Sabrimala: Women of all ages can enter temple

In a resounding slap in the face of patriarchy...

Opinion: Ganesh Chaturthi Replacing Ganesh Pujo in Bengal: A Cultural Threat or Political Move?

Surprisingly, from last three to four years Ramnavami, Hanuman...

Casteless Collective’s song about Periyar on his 140th birthday

Erode Venkatappa Ramasamy, better known by his honorific title,...

Poems of Our Times: Roque Dalton

Roque Dalton, was a Salvadoran poet, essayist, journalist, political...

Baroda artist’s pursuit of art has a message for society

“The real celebration of culture and art is dwindling...

Bombaychya Raja: Does anyone remember?

It is that time of the year in Mumbai....

How an Indian freedom fighter and Urdu poet expressed his love for Krishna

Hasrat Mohani is known as the person who coined...

Trending

Related VIDEOS

ALL STORIES

ALL STORIES

No to Dalits who are Christian, Muslim, how the AP HC limits its understanding of caste and faith

Relying on a discriminatory relic from the 1950s, the Presidential Order, the AP high court confines its understanding of caste discrimination, exclusion and untouchability to Dalit sections from among Hindus, Sikh or Buddhist; the recent decision thereby validates what has been increasingly viewed as the discriminatory presidential directive

Left Parties Take Out Huge Peace Rally in Kolkata Against War, Terrorism, Communalism

Speakers welcome ceasefire but flay US President Donald Trump “poking his nose” in Indo-Pak affairs.

One woman against a thousand superstitions, Birubala Rabha’s battle against the superstition of ‘Witch-Hunting’

Though this pioneering feminist activist breathed her last on May 13, 2024, her work with the Thakurvilla Mahila Samiti and Missiom Birubala has been recognized internationally and May 13 has been declared Anti-Superstition Day in Assam

Rape is aggression, domination, consent must be instant specific, not dictated by morality tests: Bombay High Court

In a landmark judgement delivered on May 6, Maksud Gaffur Sheikh v. State of Maharashtra, the Nagpur bench of the Bombay HC reaffirmed the legal sanctity of continuing and specific consent and rejected character assassination of survivors/victims in rape trials

Whose Interests is India’s Tech Workforce Serving?

We must take control of our labour and knowledge, says this open letter to India’s engineers, scientists and developers.

A Republic That Listens: The Supreme Court’s poetic defence of dissent through Imran Pratapgarhi judgment

In quashing the FIR against MP Imran Pratapgarhi, the Supreme Court reasserts that metaphors are not misdemeanours and that in a democracy, the right to dissent is not a crime but a constitutional commitment

Trolled for Duty: Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri locks X account amid right-wing abuse over India-Pakistan ceasefire

From grieving widows to uniformed officers and veteran journalists, a toxic online ecosystem—enabled by silence at the top—continues to vilify those who speak truth, show empathy, or simply do their jobs