Tag: hinduism
100 Dalits renounce Hinduism due to BJP
News Analysis | A group of around 100 Dalit protesters in Jind city claimed to have converted to Buddhism as their demands were not fulfilled...
Hinduism vs Hindutva: Hindu saint attacks RSS for defaming Hinduism
News Analysis | Questioning Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s (RSS) failure to keep up the promises they made, Shankaracharya Swaroopanand Saraswati...
Brutalized Dalits leave Hinduism for Buddhism
News Analysis | At least 45 members of Sarvaiya family, whose four sons had been flogged by self-styled cow vigilantes, renounced Hinduism and embraced Buddhism...
“No Mosque is safe in India”
News Analysis | “No mosque in this country is safe and can be demolished like Babri Masjid if the view that mosques are not an...
“Padmaavat” pandemonium highlights India’s serious internal problems
Andrew Korybko | Riots have broken out in India over the release of a controversial film. The Bollywood spectacle “Padmaavat” was scandalously reported to feature...
BJP leader announces Indian Muslims have no choice but to join...
News Analysis | A BJP legislator from Ballia district of Uttar Pradesh has landed himself in hot water after stating that once India becomes a...
Union Minister calls Dalits to renounce Hinduism
News Analysis | Invoking Babasaheb Ambedkar, Union Minister Ramdas Athawale on Wednesday said he embraced Buddhism only after he was convinced that Dalits would not...
6 face death over honor killing: “Love Jihad” against Dalits?
News Analysis | Six people have been sentenced to death for the murder of a man from India's Dalit community in an "honour killing" in...
Islamic Radicalism: A Product of Western Imperialism
Nauman Sadiq | Peaceful, or not, Islam is only a religion just like any other cosmopolitan religion whether it’s Christianity, Buddhism or Hinduism. Instead of...
Muslims are the least educated amongst all the major religions
Muslims along with Hindus have the lowest number of years of formal schooling. At 5.6 years, it is way below the global average of...