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Monday, March 16, 2026
TopicReligious belief

Topic: religious belief

24% Indians identify as religious nationalists, 57% Hindus feel religious texts should shape laws—Pew

Pew study explores how people view the role of religion in national identity and policymaking. It surveyed nearly 55,000 people in three dozen countries from January to May 2024.

1 in 3 Asian Americans has no religion, Christian percentage has dropped since 2012, finds Pew Survey

11% US Asians identify as Hindus. Six in 10 Asian American Hindus have PG degree & four in 10 have family income over $1,50,000 per year — higher than other Asian American groups.

What might heaven be like?

There are a lot of competing images of heaven through history. But it is widely believed that it will be this life made perfect beyond the grave.

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India must allow citizens to invest beyond its borders. It’s risk management, not luxury

The financialisation of Indian household savings is one of the most important economic shifts of the past decade. But financialisation without international diversification creates fragile balance sheets.

Gulf conflict pushes Dubai diamond traders to eye Surat for rough stone auctions. But there are hurdles

Industry leaders say India’s complicated customs process and GST levies are deterrents for traders to come to Surat for auctions.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.