Throughout history, birthplaces of prominent leaders have often attracted state funding to improve infrastructure and create memorials celebrating their legacy. In line with this tradition, Vadnagar ...

One evening in the village of Guptipara, in Nadia district of West Bengal, a group of Brahmin friends set out to join Durga Puja festivities at the home of a local landlord. What should have been a ...

The Vedas are the sacred scriptures of Hinduism and are regarded as the oldest religious texts in the world. Thought to have been composed at least 3,500 years ago, the Vedas are a collection of hymns ...

Just this past June, at a national meeting of various Hindu organizations in India, a popular preacher, Sadhvi Saraswati, suggested that those who consumed beef should be publicly hanged. Later, at ...