Yoga is a spiritual practice of self-improvement and bringing an individual closer to God, instructor Becky Crigger tells Arthur J Pais
Applauding Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg for the reported pledge to give majority of his wealth to philanthropy, well known Hindu statesman Rajan Zed has called upon India's billionaires/millionaires to make similar pledges.
Arrested in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, she was given a clean chit by the National Investigation Agency, but the trial court refused to discharge her from the case.
The appointment of Yogi Adityanath as UP CM, the revival of the Ram Temple movement, the elevation of a ban on cow slaughter as a national priority, and the targeting of any social behaviour deemed contrary to a set of narrowly prescribed Indian values point to a social regression that contradicts the inclusive and forward-looking impulse that underlies Modi's vision of a modern India.
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Indian claims to the Ram story and ownership could be challenged from more places than one, says N Sathiya Moorthy.
Taking note of a Hindu outfit's assertion that a large number of people will be converted on December 25, district authorities on Friday issued a warning to those trying to disturb communal amity while asking citizens not to get provoked.
The imprudent, not to mention immature, attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi by Congress leaders, especially on the election trail, can only be read as a sign of nerves on the eve of an important poll battle.
'There was a period when they questioned the flag and there were questions also against the Constitution.' 'That's long past.'
'Tipu Sultan may have had his flaws, but that does not mean he can be axed from textbooks.' 'Besides, if it is Tipu today, who will it be tomorrow?' asks Shuma Raha.
"Bhagwat has done national service by speaking the truth on what missionaries do," the Sena said.
A sprawling Shee Sanatan Hindu Mandir, the new Hindu temple at Wembley, finally opened on Monday following 14 years of construction. The temple is believed to have cost more than 16 million UK pounds or Rs 109 crore.
A huge uproar has been created after an article appeared in the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh journal Organiser, which states that Hindus in Kerala lack "a collective consciousness of Godliness", and rationalists in the state "often attack everything dear to Hinduism" with their "street activism".
Peoples Democratic Party president also demanded that "fringe elements" acting in the name of Hinduism should be checked, drawing comparison with elements of Islamic State who misuse Islam.
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As the campaign peaked, AAP leaders evidently realised they had to deflect their chief opponent's attempts to polarise the electorate over religious identity, explains David Devadas.
You'd wonder what madness seized Rahul that he has decided to play to the BJP's strengths, says Shekhar Gupta.
Indian American community leader Rajan Zed has criticised Vanity Fair magazine's just released prestigious '2009 International Best-Dressed List', claiming the list was 'biased and uneven'.In a statement issued in Nevada, Zed, who is president of the Universal Society of Hinduism, said that although the list claimed to be 'international', its 53 listed best-dressed people belonged to only ten countries, representing only about ten percent of the world population.
However, the minister took it on the chin and retweeted some of the tweets that were even abusive and communal in nature.
A California commission -- mandated with recommendation and revision of school text books -- has rejected demands of replacing India with South Asia for pre-1947 references
'If policy-makers hold the lives of animals to be more significant than the welfare of a human populace, I can't believe that they're likely to do anything progressive for India.'
Upset Hindus have asked for the immediate recall of the toy 'Hanuman plush doll', calling it "inappropriate, upsetting, and denigrating". Rajan Zed, president of the Universal Society of Hinduism, said that inappropriate usage of Hindu deities or concepts for commercial or other agenda was not okay as it hurt the devotees' feelings.
The California Department of Education and the State Board of Education have agreed to pay US $ 175,000 to the California Parents for the Equalisation of Educational Materials (CAPEEM) the organisation formed by Hindu American parents to fight the case against the California State.
Describing it as a historic moment for the Indian American community, Rakesh Mangal, former president of the Indian American Doctors' Association, Houston, said Trump attending the "Howdy Modi" event says how important India is to the entire world, especially to the US.
Worried that Muslims could be swayed by Yoga's elements of Hinduism, Malaysia's top Islamic body on Saturday banned the community from practicing the ancient physical exercise.The National Fatwa Council issued a religious decree telling the Muslims, who comprise two-thirds of Malaysia's 27 million population, that practising Yoga was 'haram' or prohibited in Islam.
'We were at war with the BJP in the 1990s. We were burning down each other's offices then. I don't want that to happen again.'
'These remarks completely expose the Congress....Rahul Gandhi. They are anti-Hindu'
'If Rahul wants to pick up the sacred thread where his 'daadi' left it, especially when the BJP, which reduced his party to 44 in 2014, claims monopoly over Hinduism, it's smart politics.' 'Why cede your Gods to your rival?' asks Shekhar Gupta.
The politics of hate does not pay. The people are too sensible to fall for such a ruse, says Amulya Ganguli.
Shiv Sena president Udhhav Thackeray has demanded the dismissal of the resident commissioner of New Maharashtra Sadan in Delhi, Bipin Malik, with immediate effect for allegedly providing poor quality services and food to the state's lawmakers.
The one-minute-long ad features a young Hindu girl, dressed in a white t-shirt, who chooses to get stained in Holi colours in order to protect her young Muslim friend who has to go to the nearby mosque to pray. The advertisement ends with its classic tagline, 'Daag achche hain' (stains are good).
'The feeling is growing that if India slips in the realms of liberal tenets, it will be a tragedy not only for the country, but also for the world because it will lose a remarkable role model,' notes Amulya Ganguli.
India is too diverse to be governed centrally and with a single system. The way forward is for the central government to keep the monopoly of military power and a share of national resources while the provinces must have greater autonomy, recommends Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).
'The osmosis between Hinduism and Islam that really gave birth to the Hindustani or Indo-Islamic civilisation was due to the conversation between Muslim mystics and yogis.'
Abdullah Badawi's remarks come after a ruling by this Muslim-majority country's National Fatwa Council that yoga was haram (forbidden) as it involved chanting of mantras which was against Islamic teachings and that people could deviate from Islam if they performed yoga which has its roots in Hinduism
Shruti and young Indians talk about the new temple in Minnesota, US
Passports were issued to the couple -- Mohammad Anas Siddiqui and Tanvi Seth, after he met them in his office.
'Is he one who defends individual liberty at all costs, or is he one who allows some give and take that recognises the primacy of the social contract, our coming together to live in a society?'
"India despite problems, has had religious harmony there for 2,000 years," he said.
Raut said that the country is in such a state of mind that it can accept the Congress or Deve Gowda, but does not want the Modi- Shah duo
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