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Despite The Country’s Hijacking By The Hindutva Gang,
India Cannot Be Called A Hindu Country
KARAN THAPAR
It’s fatuous, mistaken and even offensive to insist that we’re all Hindu.
Things In India Get Even More Silly:
Modi Orders Rewriting of History To Claim Hinduism is Millions of Years Old
RUPAM JAIN & TOM LASSETER
“There was a plastic surgeon
[in ancient times] who created Ganesh from the head of an elephant and a
human torso.”
In Recognition of ‘Maa Boli’ Punjabi:
A Language Spoken by More Than 100 Million Across The World
AMMARA AHMAD
The 1st International Punjabi Conference held at Lahore University of
Management Sciences (LUMS) was the beginning of a rewarding journey …
Billy Graham Was On The Wrong Side of History MATTHEW AVERY SUTTON, The Guardian
Racial tensions are rising, the earth is warming, and evangelicals are
doing little to help. That may be Graham’s most significant, and
saddest, legacy.
Incredible India:
Indian BJP Health Minister Likes To Urinate In Public
MICHAEL SAFI, The Guardian
500 million people in the country still defecate outdoors. Only in India, you say? Pity.
India’s Hindu Caste Wars -
Krishna in Hindu Texts is Dark-Skinned:
Then Why Does Hindutva Make Him Light Skinned?
GEETA PANDEY
Ganesh, the elephant-headed Hindu deity is shown light-skinned. A white elephant?
Raising Kids in Delhi’s Worsening Air MEGAN K STACK
To live in India’s capital these past years has been to witness a city
coming to the slow, sickening realization of a terrible crisis.
India Traffic Deaths:
400 Every Day,
150,000 Every Year
P R SANJAI
Global Auto Safety Test body gives Indian manufactured cars a ZERO star rating. That is, for new cars being sold in the marketplace. The old cars on the roads don't even get tested.
Hindutva India’s Internecine Caste Wars:
The Next Chapter
MICHAEL SAFI, The Guardian
Hindu fundamentalists clash with Dalit Hindus over 200-year-old battle ... Because the Dalits had helped win it against the
Nobody Gives A Damn:
The Deadly Cocktail Of Poisons In Delhi Air Is Perfect Example Of Everything That’s Wrong With India
SHIVAM VIJ, Quartz India
WHO report: 2.5 million Indians died of pollution in 2015 alone.
