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My beloved mother died in the last week of April and being the eldest son of an orthodox brahmin family I had to perform the last rites which lasted for thirteen days. T
he priest came and gave me a long list of items that are to be purchased and..
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Cholche cholbe are the magic words one hears as soon one enters Bengal. The proposal to set up a campus of Amu in Murshidabad is another instance of religious...
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Welcome to the Chez Israel where watching T.V. is prohibited, where plates need to be buried and sex only to be had through a sheet.
These are some of the novelties...
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Ethiopia’s Hamer people, a long isolated, pastoral warrior tribe, are increasingly opening up to tourists, a move some fear could endanger age-old traditions with...
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In Penitents Compete (Tovbekarlar Yarisiyor in Turkish), religious leaders will seek to convert at least one of the 10 atheists in each episode to their faith. Those...
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Filed under: News, Weird Prominent atheist Richard Dawkins is helping to turn the tradition of a summer Bible camp (which thankfully never quite caught on here in Oz)...
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How would anyone explain a situation whereby a self acclaimed prophet of God is caught producing pornographic material? Is the church in Kenya losing its whole meaning...
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Please forgive the first-name greeting, but it seems the proper way to reply to your “Hi Peter” e-mail message of June 4.
What was surprising was not the...
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I always thought that God was One. Only different people worshiped him differently and gave him different names. The way of worship can be different but in every...
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Guru Nanak and Guru Ravidass both taught the same thing. However, the incident in Vienna followed by Punjab riots is a clear example of our shortsightedness.
No Guru...
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I do not know how to react when religious leaders of all hues look down upon contraceptives and sex education in the land of Khajuraho and Kamsutra. Being officially...
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Being an anti - religionist person, I find it very important to crucially analyze and examine each and every religion for the sake whether they come from God or not,...
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I believe that tomorrow and the tomorrow following that tomorrow all the religions that are in the world today will be in the world tomorrow. None of the major...
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As the modern time UN System-arranged-internationally human rights conferences have more and more been transformed in noisy playgrounds of anti-Semitism at a top level,...
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Now, here is some of that all-America, Apple Pie, Christian “values”:
The Age - Australia
More than half of people who attend services at least once a...
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A Buddhist leader in the Tai province of Chiang Rai has announced plans for a new set of guidelines to curb the behaviour of homosexual and transgender monks.
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When it rained, water filled the basement a foot high, flooding the preschool room at least once a year. The air conditioner wouldn’t work in two rooms at the...
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A federal appeals court has for a second time rejected a lawsuit by Guantanamo Bay detainees who say they were tortured and denied religious rights.
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Kevin Roose managed to blend in during his single semester at Liberty University, attending lectures on the myth of evolution and the sin of homosexuality, and joining...
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religion is only meant to peace of mind and heart, it is at the individual level, every person in this universe needs to be in touch with the almighty, thy has created...
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A backyard church is just what one could ask for to get one’s daily doses of inspiration and encouragement to sail smoothly through the recession – if you are...
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Effect Of Chanting Rama Nama
Chanting the Name of Rama is the only way out in this Age of Kali!
if one cannot do even this (simple thing) one is completely doomed!...
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I came from a purely Hindu family where we were always taught to regard ourselves (i.e. women) as beings who were eventually to be married off and have children and...
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Mr. Zakir has gifted ability to quote from scriptures, to present scientific explanations at appropriate moment. I admire his ability to do so with ease. And that’s...
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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia _ Malaysia’s top Islamic body fresh from banning tomboys issued an edict Saturday that prohibits Muslims from practicing yoga, saying that...
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We shall turn towards the Sage, the yogi, who fought for India’s independence, accepting the Gita’s message of karma of violence when necessary, yet had a broad...
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Wrapped in red silk and adorned with red flowers in her hair, Matani Shakya received approval from the priests and President Ram Baran Yadav in a centuries-old...
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RADHAKRISHNAN: THE PHILOSOPHER’S PHILOSOPHER
ARVIND K. PANDEY
Indian soil is the home of mystics and philosophers. Their long-standing...
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An online discussion prompted me to write on religion. Since religion is the hot debate around the world today and like politics people seem to form opinions based on...
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Much before Islam or christianity came into existance, each year tribes from all around the Arabian peninsula would converge on Makkah, as part of an annual pilgrimage....
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ABOUT PSEUDO INTELLECTUALS
ARVIND K. PANDEY
For some critics the only task left is to train guns at Hindu organizations,even at cost of their sense...
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Now truth is in front of all....who should be held responsible for tarnishing the image of this great institution which is serving the tribal areas like this one. Can...
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The havoc played by India’s media in last couple of years is very very disappointing.They have ruined the innocents,destabilized the unity among the religion...
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WHY WE LOVE MORALS ?
ARVIND K.PANDEY
It appears that our genetic set-up is responsible for making human beings stray into moral zones of human...
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Nothing holy ever makes headlines. Some of us even call ourselves liberal humanists without realizing that those great Europeans one takes pride in were all very holy...
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In the holy Hindu city of Varanasi, just a short walk from the sacred river Ganges is the mukti bhavan. This hotel is the last destination, a final stopover for elderly...
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If a Hindu wants to embrace Buddhism or Jainism in Gujarat and vice versa, There is no need to get government permission now. The law says this is not exactly the...
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In a rare episode, Aasish Khan, the son of sarod maestro Ustad Ali Akbar Khan, 84, has chosen to accept Hindu religion. Akbar khan has termed his...
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Hindu devotees offer prayers on the banks of River Ganges in Allahabad, India, Sunday, June 29, 2008. Allahabad on the confluence of Rivers Ganges and Yamuna is one of Hinduism’s important centers.
