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Durga Puja festival: where it originated and how it’s celebrated

Every October, Kolkata, the “city of joy” and capital of West Bengal in India, lights up to celebrate Durga Puja. The festival is dedicated to the Hindu goddess Durga – daughter, mother, warrior and defeater of demons.

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From Gaza to Dhaka: Missing Indian lens in global reportage

October 7 marks one year since the attack on Israel by Hamas and the ongoing war on Gaza. Thousands of Palestinians, including children, have been killed in this past year, and much of Gaza has been reduced to a pile of rubble. Meanwhile, many of the Israeli hostages taken by…

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Happy Navratri 2024: Images, Quotes, Wishes, Messages, Cards, Greetings, Pictures and GIFs

The auspicious Hindu festival of Navratri is almost here and goddess Durga devotees across the country are gearing up to welcome the Devi home and partake in the nine-day festivities, marked by fasting, feasting and worshipping the goddess. Nine forms of Maa Durga is worshipped during this time namely -…

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Kerala CM’s interview controversy: The Hindu points to ‘inclusion by PR agency’ as row deepens

Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s interview in The Hindu has kicked up a storm over his alleged remarks portraying the Muslim-majority Malappuram district as a hub of anti-national activities.

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Robert Jenrick says 'racist' historian David Starkey 'should get a dukedom'

WHAT fitting reward for a historian whose vile rants about black people, Muslims, even the Hindu former prime minister Rishi Sunak have sparked…

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Sacred Filth Offers India's Sex Workers Brief Respect

Every year in India's megacity Kolkata, the world's oldest trade gets fleeting respect from an ancient custom -- when soil outside brothels is considered sacred and collected for Hindu rituals.

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Kashmir Holds First Local Election Since Autonomy Revoked

Learn about the local government election in Indian-controlled Kashmir post-revocation of special status, with participation from Pakistani Hindu refugees.

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Rashid factor in J&K elections: BJP is killing two birds with one stone

Whether or not there is an element of manipulation in the creation of the Engineer Rashid factor in the Jammu and Kashmir legislative assembly elections, it is benefitting the BJP in two ways.

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Why some flowers are so pleasing for Hindu gods and goddesses

In preparation for the many Hindu fall festivals such as Diwali, Dussehra or Durga Puja, worshipers all over the world will purchase flowers for use in ritual worship in temples, outdoor ceremonies or altars at home.

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The VHP and BJP exploited a dying Tamil Nadu teenager to push Hindutva agenda

Seven months into his tenure as Tamil Nadu BJP president, K Annamalai launched one of his biggest political campaigns, following the tragic suicide of 17-year-old Lavanya in Thanjavur. Annamalai alleged that Sacred Heart Higher Secondary School, where Lavanya was studying, pressured her to convert to Christianity, driving her to take…

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In Jammu and Kashmir, a high-stakes election for a low-power assembly

In one sense, not much is at stake in the ongoing election to the legislative assembly of the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.

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An AP photographer captures an artist working on an idol of Hindu god Ganesha ahead of festival

Rafiq Maqbool has been with The Associated Press for more than 20 years, covering conflict, politics, fashion shows, sports and everyday life

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Tirupati Laddu Row: Congress calls for fast inquiry into adulteration

Meanwhile President of Hindu Sena Samiti filed a PIL in the Supreme Court on Saturday to form a SIT to probe the allegations of using animal fat in prasadam. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Blog: Sentiments of crores of devotees hurt by Tirupati Laddu row?

A lawyer has filed a petition in the Top Court alleging that the act violates fundamental Hindu religious customs and deeply hurts the sentiments of countless devotees. Read further on Dynamite News:

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From Marxist upbringing to ‘soft Hindutva’: The rise of new Delhi CM Atishi

A rare woman chief minister in India, Atishi has her task cut out, in rebuilding a party devastated by arrests.

Evening Standard

London state school where pupils learn yoga and meditation in the running for global cash prize

Hindu secondary has made it to the shortlist for prestigious world school prize

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Ruckus outside police station, changed statements: The curious chronology of Ratlam SP’s transfer

➨ In May 2022, a local BJP leader’s nephew was booked for vandalising statues at a temple a day before Eid-ul-Fitr. Hindutva footsoldiers had tried to blame Muslims for the incident in Madhya Pradesh’s Burhanpur district.

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Mathura's Krishna Janmabhoomi issue: SC lists hearing in November

The court sought the lawyer to take instructions in this regard and listed the matter in November 1. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Police investigating anti-Modi graffiti attack on New York temple as hate crime

Suffolk police say its Hate Crimes Unit investigating the graffiti, which had ‘threatening and derogatory anti-Hindu messages’

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The Golden Road by William Dalrymple review – the rational case for ancient India’s ingenuity

Putting the fantastical claims of Modi’s nationalists aside, the historian convincingly chronicles the many core ideas and innovations that originated in the Indian subcontinent

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Mumbai: Celebs attend Malaika Arora's father's funeral

Industry came together to pay condolences as Anil Mehta, father of Bollywood actress Malaika Arora, was laid to rest at Santacruz Hindu Crematorium Centre, on Thursday. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Internet shutdown imposed in Manipur for five days, curfew in Imphal

The Manipur government has imposed a five-day “temporary suspension or curbing of internet and mobile data services” across the state, along with curfews in Imphal East and West districts and prohibitory orders in Thoubal, Bishnupur and Kakching, as per The Hindu.

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Prayers For Birth In Most Populous Nation India

Each year 25 million babies are born in India, the world's most populous nation, but for desperate childless couples wanting to be parents, prayers at a sacred Hindu well offer hope.

The Independent UK

AP PHOTOS: Indians celebrate the birthday of elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesha

A large idol of the elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesha sat in the back of an open truck traveling along a busy Mumbai street, dwarfing other objects on the road. Hundreds of devotees walked alongside singing hymns glorifying the god, believed to be the remover of obstacles and the granter of…

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‘Communal riot script…but Dalits target’: Author Ajaz Ashraf on Bhima Koregaon ‘myth’ and media

From official history to popular culture, the Hindutva investment in remaking the past has been all too visible over the last decade. And this attempt to dominate history has opened new flashpoints, such as the one linked to the Battle of Bhima Koregaon.

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