Selling the game

Reporter GR 5 years ago Region: India

The start of IPL in India has given birth to a number of controversies. Sometimes as Cheerleaders exposure of body and making the gentlemen's game vulgure in the name of entertainment and growth of cricket in India and the... more

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The founder of the Sikh religion, Guru Nanak was a contemporary of Kabir Das

Madugundu Krishna 7 months ago Region: India

 Love is the Royal road to reach God, God is in the heart of each one. Devotion is the soul of religion,’ Kabir taught. He repeatedly said than Ram and Rahim were not two entities, but are one and the same. &nb... more

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Presidents and their Faith

Eliza Wood 9 months ago Region: United States

As we consider the political climate of 2012, it seems hard to believe that many US presidents of the past did not lean on their faith as a factor in their electability.  Either they ran in times when the public was l... more

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Music and religion -Early in comes the festival at Tiruvaiyaru

Madugundu Krishna a year ago Region: India

 Early in comes the festival at Tiruvaiyaru, near Thanjavur, the home of Thyagaraja, where the most noted musicians assemble to pay homage to the composer in song. During December and January, when Chennai is at its m... more

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TODAY IS ‘RATHA SAPTAMI’, THE FESTIVAL OF SUN GOD CELEBRATED IN INDIA

D. Chaitanya a year ago Region: India

‘Ratha Saptami’ is the festival associated with worshipping Sun God, celebrated in India on 30/1/2012. This day is also called ‘Surya Jayanthi’ birth day of Lord Sun. From this day the Sun God start... more

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The Dead Sea Scrolls at Discovery Times Square: more on the “Christian Holy Land” claim

Discoverny a year ago Region: United States

recently published an important article.   Part of Golb’s purpose is to refute a variety of misleading claims about Judaism and the origins of Christianity that are being presented to enthusiastic visitors at... more

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Dead Sea Scrolls exhibit: historian condemns NYC Discovery Center’s claims on Christian origins

Discoverny a year ago Region: United States

  In this article, I continue my mini-series on statements about the Dead Sea Scrolls and Christian origins being presented to the public at the Discovery Center in New York.    My specific topic in this ... more

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Dead Sea Scrolls exhibition at New York's Discovery Center marred by anti-Jewish theme

Discoverny a year ago Region: New York

This is the first of several articles focusing on mistakes and misrepresentations in a Dead Sea Scrolls exhibit taking place at the "Discovery Center"in New York. In this article I discuss the fact that, like a numbe... more

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Buddhism vs. Bhagavad-Gita

Laura McCallum 4 years ago Region: California

In this paper I will attempt to compare and contrast the two works, “What the Buddha Taught”, which is based on the Pali texts of Tipitaka, and the “Bhagavad-Gita-The Song of God” by beginning with ... more

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Religion, reason for gender bias

Abhishek Pandey 4 years ago Region: India

  Religion, reason for gender bias   By Abhishek Pandey   There were three news reports in the newspaper last week which troubled my conscience. First, The editor Ravindra Kumar and publisher Anand Sinh... more

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