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RELIGION, MARXISME AND SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
Region: IndonesiaWhy such a film Slumdog Millionaire, which displays a very negative image about India - slums settlement, exploitation, poverty, corruption, anti-Muslim pogrom - create so much ripple in the Western world, pre-and post-Osc... more
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Yoga is Fenomenal Hindu Teachings
Region: IndonesiaThe noble teachings of yoga come inside to the identity of real people, in the middle of the noise in the stress, take a yoga is important. One of the teachings of the Hindu yoga, Rsi Patanjali is Weda formulate a flexi... more
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Train Bombing Suspect Colonel Parohat Confesses to Hindu Terrorism Links
Region: India
New Delhi, India: The Samjhota train and Malegaon terrorist attacks’ suspect, the Indian army Colonel Parohat confesses his links with the Hindu terrorist groups. The Colonel Parohat is under interrogation t... more
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The Hijra Subculture: India's Transvestites
Region: IndiaIn the days following the Malegaon blasts and the one in Nanded before that, Bjarang Dal activists and leaders have been head to say one sentence in particular – that in the midst of rising Muslim militancy and terro... more
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Ganesh Chaturthi Festival Pollutes India's Rivers with Elephant Statues
Region: India
The “Ganesh Chaturthi” festival celebrates the birthday of the elephant god Ganesh, and is held during the beginning of August or September every year according to the Hindu calendar. The festivities end w... more
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Two Hindu Fundamentalists Arrested for Bombings
Region: IndiaTwo persons, Ramesh Hanumant Gadkari, 50, and Mangesh Dinakar Nikam, 34, were arrested on June 16 from Panvel on Mumbai’s suburbs for allegedly planting bombs at Cinema Hall and Theatres, prompting Maharastra Chief M... more
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'Love Guru' Film Mocks Hinduism, Say Religious Leaders
Region: India
Hindu groups have contacted cinema/film related organizations in United Kingdom (UK) urging them not to distribute/screen upcoming Hollywood movie "The Love Guru" till its presenter Paramount Pictures makes necessary chang... more
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Information Age Touches the "Untouchables"
Region: Nepal
Over 250 million people worldwide suffer from caste discrimination, which is an obstacle to the fulfillment of civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights (BBC, 2005). The fact that millions of people in the &ls... more
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India, Sri Lanka: Temple Festivals on Both Sides of the Palk Strait
Region: Sri Lanka
by Mathy Kandasamy Temple festivals are an integral part of life for Hindu Tamils, across the countries they live in. The following photo essay captures a few moments of these festivals. From Rakwana in Sri Lanka, a temp... more
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Nepal Government Maintaining Feudal Customs
Region: NepalEven after the sacrifices of more than 15,000 Nepali citizens for the sake of full-fledged democracy that can be free from feudal monarchy, the Nepal government has so far maintained all the feudal mechanisms in the countr... more
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