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Have Hindus always been Vegetarian?

The author academic exposes the propaganda in what he terms as the “Hindutva Hoax of Vegetarian Hinduism”

Attempts to reform Muslim thought have always met with fierce resistance

Muslims have a very rigid notion of religion that prevents them from reform

Supersizing victimhood: Hindu Right’s appropriation of Islamophobia, the Jewish Holocaust & Indigenous struggles

Image Courtesy:india.comThe seemingly illogical idea of Hindu victimhood -...

Did a BJP worker give ‘Gau Mutra’ to a Covid-19 patient on a ventilator?

Disturbing video of man wearing saffron scarf over PPE pouring a yellow liquid down the patient's throat has been going viral

Char Dham Yatra suspended amidst rising Covid cases

The Uttarakhand government finally gets its priorities right, only priests allowed to perform rituals at the shrines

After Kumbh, Char Dham Yatra next: What is the Uttarakhand CM thinking?

Uttarakhand Government has said that the annual pilgrimage to Kedarnath, Badrinath, Yamunotri and Gangotri will begin on May 14

Bombay HC rejects plea to allow Ramadan prayers at Juma Masjid

The court has said that the ongoing critical covid situation is serious in nature and such congregation could impact public health

Did the SC passingly affirm right to choose one’s religion?

The apex court made oral remarks while dismissing a petition seeking directions for curbing alleged mass conversions of SC/ST community through intimidation, threats and gifts

UP: Inter-faith couple found dead in Bareilly

Police suspect suicide due to opposition from parents, as poison was recovered from next to the bodies

My Hindu Religion

I am a devout Hindu but not a believer...

Koran, Madrassas and Terrorism

Wasim Rizvi’s motivated understanding of Islam

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