Tag: Hindu
India: electoral tidal wave for Hindu nationalists in test elections
In India, Narendra Modi is taking a big step towards his re-election as Prime Minister in May 2024. The legislative elections in four states, totaling 250 million voters, turn largely…
Why London’s Hindu community feels so strongly about fireworks
News Local News City council is set to vote later this month on whether to ban backyard fireworks across London – creating a public debate that’s trained a spotlight on…
India: Congress party wins big against Hindu nationalists in Karnataka
Heavy defeat Saturday, May 13 for the Hindu nationalist party BJP led by Narendra Modi in India. The Congress party has just largely won the elections in the state of…
Hindu religious idols on banknotes, AAP’s funny idea
Placing Hindu religious idols on banknotes. This is not the latest discovery of the Hindu nationalists of the BJP, in power in India, but a proposal of the opposition party…
Hindu nationalists call for banning ‘beef eaters’ in temples
In India, a very famous couple of actors were prevented from going to a temple because of a decade-old tweet in which one of them said to eat beef, a…
Two Muslims murder a Hindu tailor and videotap an act in India – religious tensions escalate, Hindus demand revenge
On social media, Hindus have urged each other to acquire weapons and attack Muslims. The son of the victim demands the death penalty for the perpetrators. In the northern Indian…
Travel to India, mysterious and colorful land
It is not too much of a lifetime to discover the many facets of India. This country as big as six times the size of France will shake your bearings…
In India, schools of Hindu supremacists “take liberties with the facts”
“India, beloved country, for you we will sacrifice our body and our spirit.” The extreme lyrics of this patriotic tune contrast with the small voices that take it up in…
Omicron doesn’t hold back millions of pilgrims expected at Hindu festival
In India, a gigantic Hindu festival is taking place these days in the region of Bengal, in the east of the country, called Ganga Sagar Mela. Millions of pilgrims must…