May 30, 2012

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The Extreme Makeover of India's (Possible) Next Leader

Parvez Ahmed | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Muslims, Narendra Modi, Riots, India, Hindus, Gujarat, Militants, Hindu-Muslim Riots, World News

The core narrative in Narendra Modi's extreme image makeover is that he is as an economic miracle worker, with a clean anti-corruption record in a country where corruption remains an anathema.

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Should Hindus Study Hinduism?

Deepak Sarma | Posted 01.17.2012

Read More: Should Hindus Study Hinduism, Religion News, Hinduism, What Is Hinduism, Who Are Hindus, Study of Hinduism, Hindus, Academic Study of Hinduism, Hindus in America, Religion News

If one claims to be a Hindu and upholds the centrality of the Brahma Sūtras and the Upaniṣads, both deemed Hindu texts, then it is essential for one to study and to become virtuoso.

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Should Hindus Study Hinduism?

Deepak Sarma | Posted 01.09.2012

Read More: Hinduism, Should Hindus Study Hinduism, What Is Hinduism, Who Are Hindus, Hindus, Study of Hinduism, Academic Study of Hinduism, Hindus in America, Religion News

A self-proclaiming Hindu ought to be able to explain who is a "Hindu" and what is "Hinduism." If such a student took a class with me then s/he would learn that the answers to these questions are thorny.

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Fix The U.S. International Religious Freedom Commission or Fuggedaboutit

Suhag A. Shukla, Esq. | Posted 12.04.2011

Read More: Religious Freedom, Hindu American Foundation, Human Rights, Hindus, Anti-Muslim Bias, Hindu Americans, Uscirf, Religious Liberty, Religious Freedom Commission Reform, Religious Tolerance, Religion in America, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, Religion News

This November, if the Senate does not take action on the bill to reform the USCIRF, yet another chapter of our country's myopic approach to faith-based foreign policy might just come to an end.

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The Birth Of Krishna: When God Came To Earth

Gadadhara Pandit Dasa | Posted 10.22.2011

Read More: Hinduism, Bhagavata Purana, Avatar, Krishna, Brahma-Samhita, Scripture Commentary, Hindu Scripture, God Consciousness, Birth of Krishna, Krishna Janmastami, Hindu Holiday, Hindu, God, Hindus, Religion News

It's not possible for us, with our limited and inaccurate sense perception and logic, to comprehend the nature, quality and personhood of Krishna. Krishna is God as never seen before.

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Hindu Americans Come Of Age

Philip Goldberg | Posted 10.08.2011

Read More: Hindu American Seva, Hinduism, Immigration, Hindus, Seva, Hindu Americans, Hindu White House, American Hindus, Religion News

While in many ways the advent of Hindu Americans recapitulates the familiar immigrant story, it is also uniquely significant.

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India's Thriving Economy Slows Down

Posted 07.31.2011

Read More: Congress Party, Hsbc, India, Bjp, Manmohan Singh, Pakistan, New Delhi, Muslims, Mumbai, Hindus, Reserve-Bank-of-India, China, Video, Business News

NEW DELHI (Rajesh Kumar Singh) - India's economy grew at its slowest annual pace in five quarters in January to March, as rising interest rates cr...

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Human Rights And Religious Freedom's 'In' Crowd

Suhag A. Shukla, Esq. | Posted 07.05.2011

Read More: Human Rights, Religious Minorities, Bhutan, Hindu American Foundation, Malaysia, United States Commission of Religious Freedom, India, Uscirf, Hindus, Gujarat, Religious Freedom, Religious Tolerance, Religion News

Imbalances in representation and lack of diverse perspectives lead to skewed, erratic, and misguided U.S. foreign policies, leave alone the fact that scores of suffering humans are left without voice.

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'No Vacancy' For Muslims in India's Capital

Betwa Sharma | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New Delhi, Terrorist Attacks, Muslims, Islamophobia, A P J Abdul Kalam, Pakistan, 9/11, India, Shah Rukh Khan, Hindus, World News

The current brand of Islamophobia in India is highly pervasive because fear has made intolerance easier to justify.

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Holi: Know The Basics Of The Hindu Festival Of Colors

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: India, Holi Date, Hinduism, What Is Holi, Festival of Colors, Holi 2011, Holaka, Hindus, When Is Holi, Hindu Festivals, Hindu Holidays, Holi, Hindu Calendar, Phagwa, Religion News

In 2011, Holi will be celebrated on March 19 and 20. Holi is an annual festival celebrated by Hindus on the final full moon of the month Phalguna. U...

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Muslim Assailants Sentenced To Death In India

AP | R.K. MISHRA | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: India, Islam, Sabarmati Express, India Train Fire, Muslims, Hindus, Gujarat, Bharatiya Janata Party, World News

AHMADABAD, India — An Indian court sentenced 11 Muslims to death Tuesday after finding them guilty of setting fire to a train in which 60 Hindus wer...

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Hindu Spelling Whizzes: Why Religion Is Not Destiny

Rob Asghar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hinduism, Hindus, National Spelling Bee, Scripps-Howard Spelling Bee, Scripps National Spelling Bee, India, Indian Americans, Religion News

How are immigrants from a Hindu nation putting the Protestant work ethic to shame, even within spelling bees, the most American of contests?

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Meet the Amazing Aroon Shivdasani of NYC's Indo-American Arts Council

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jews, Rabindranath Tagore, Jawaharlal Nehru, Pakistan, Salaam Bombay!, Punjabi, Sundaram Tagore, Hindus, Mira Nair, Sesame Street India, Indian Diaspora, Oiww, Bengali, Sikhs, Indian Consulate New York, Mumbai, Indian Classical Music, Aroon Shivdasani, Christians, New York Philharmonic, Jeffrey Sachs, Iona College, Indian Independence, Slumdog Millionaire, Barack Obama, Spanglish, U.S.S.R., Parsis, British, Danny Boyle, Amelia, Upper East Side, M.F.Husain, Broadway, Mahatma Gandhi, Ravi Shankar, Cold War, Hindi, 1947, Vishakha Desai, Indra Nooyi, Global Citizen, Doris Day, Isheeta Ganguly, Telugu, North America, Earth Institute, Salman Rushdie, Manvendra Singh Gohil, Indian-Americans, Urdu, Harold and Kumar, Buddhists, United States, Asia Society, Non-Aligned Nations, Queens, Indo-American Arts Council, Rockefeller Foundation, New York City, Royal House of Rajpipla, India Unveiled, Daily Kos, Thought Leader, Tamil, Mississippi Masala, Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, Columbia University, Haitian Earthquake Relief, Muslims, Nuclear Weapon State, Baha'is, Bollywood, Zubin Mehta, Orphans International Worldwide, Sanjay Gupta, Jains, Gujarati, Indo-Americans, New York News

Indo-American Arts Council founder and executive director Aroon Shivdasani has lived all over the world but has called New York home for about half he...

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Is Obama Pro-Pakistan and Anti-India?

Sunil Adam | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: u.s. Foreign Policy, Islam, Muslims, Pakistan, Ann Dunham Soetoro, Robert A. Dove, India, Hindus, Barack Obama, Vinay Thummalapally, World News

Being respectful toward Islam or being responsive to Pakistan's predicament doesn't make President Obama anti-Indian. That kind of zero-sum worldview is antithetical to everything he was raised to believe.

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Good-Minded People Are Losing Ground to Shouting Race-Baiting Hooligans

Sabria Jawhar | Posted 05.25.2011

Good-minded people who see a need to teach tolerance and engage in civil discussion are cowed into submission by the shouters.

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Burger King Angers Hindus With Its Whopper Ad

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Religion, Burger King Hindu Ad, Burger King Hindus, Burger King, Spain, Burger King Lakshmi, Hindus, Burger King Hindu, Hindu Burger King, Texican Whopper Lakshmi, World News

Burger King has angered Hindus around the world with an advertisement that puts a revered Indian goddess next to a big whopper, the Telegraph reports....

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Obama and the "God Gap"

Jim Lichtman | Posted 05.25.2011

Is Obama's openly engaging, pragmatic style working to close the "God gap" in American politics?

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Spring Holidays Around The World (SLIDESHOW)

Huffington Post | Jessica Gusman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: India, Iranian New Year, Easter, Slideshow, Judaism, Easter Sunday, Nowruz, Spring, Iran, Spring Equinox, Pesach, Spring Holidays, Holi, Hinduism, Easter Bunny, Persian New Year, Christianity, Purim, Hindus, Israel, Passover, Nowruz Haft Sinn, Holidays, Religion, World News

For many, the coming of spring marks the coming of the holiday season. Around the world people of many religions, cultures and nations gather this se...

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Behaving Christ-Like

Carol Hoenig | Posted 11.17.2011

When President Barack Obama said in his inaugural address that "We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus and non-believers", I could...

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Kashmir Voting Ends With Clashes Between Protesters And Police

AP | AIJAZ HUSSAIN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sringagar, India, India Kashmir, Voting in Kashmir, Kashmir Elections Clashes, Kashmir Elections, Pakistan Kashmir, Muslims, South Asia, Hindus, Kashmir, World News

SRINAGAR, India — Hundreds of protesters chanting pro-independence slogans clashed with soldiers in the main city of Indian-controlled Kashmir o...

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