(RNS) — At the Parliament of the World’s Religions in Chicago last week with the theme of defending human rights, several Hindu groups complained that, at an event that celebrates common ground among ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi performing Bhoomi Pujan (ground-breaking ceremony) of the Ram temple in Ayodhya, India, Aug. 5, 2020. Credit: Wikimedia Commons/Press Information Bureau-Prime Minister’s ...

Sameer Minhas starred in the Asia Cup Under-19 final with a brilliant century. His performance secured victory for Pakistan.

Throughout this report, religious switching refers to a change between the religious group in which a person says they were raised (during their childhood) and their religious identity now (in ...

Hinduism needs to modernize.” This is being reiterated by columnists, activists, academicians, and social media personalities often without any clarity on what this “modernization” is supposed to mean ...

The demolition of the deity grabbed eyeballs when videos of the idol of Lord Vishnu being damaged by a crane went viral. This ...

Vasant Bhatt, a 20-year-old political science major at the University of Houston, enrolled in a course called the Lived Hindu Religion expecting "nuanced discussion" and "space for the lived faith ...

In the city of Bareilly, members of the Hindu nationalist groups Bajrang Dal and Vishwa Hindu Parishad protested in front of ...

The controversy over an academic event at Rutgers University has turned into a flashpoint for America’s Hindu community — and triggered an unusual bipartisan intervention from Capitol Hill. Four ...

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