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TopicSanatan dharma

Topic: sanatan dharma

Sanatan Dharma is the way if the world is to be saved, rest is just cult

Hinduism today is not what Sanatan Dharma is. It’s just a mass of beliefs, traditions, dogmas.

‘INDIA allies respect all faiths’: Congress rejects DMK Udhayanidhi’s ‘Sanatan Dharma’ remarks

Senior Congress leader Pawan Khera said the party has always believed in the principle of ‘sarva dharma sambhava’ or respect for all religions.

PM Modi reacts to Udhayanidhi’s Sanatan Dharma remarks, asks ministers to give ‘befitting reply’

DMK minister & Tamil Nadu CM M.K. Stalin's son Udhayanidhi had said that Sanatana practices in Hinduism should be eradicated for encouraging caste discrimination & inequality.

‘President Murmu not invited…best example of caste discrimination,’ says Udhayanidhi Stalin

The DMK leader & Tamil Nadu minister is at the cross hairs of the right wing after equating Sanatana with coronavirus, malaria and dengue.

Sanatan Dharma row: FIR against Udhayanidhi, Priyank Kharge for ‘hurting religious sentiments’

The two were booked under sections 295 A (deliberate and malicious acts to outrage religious feelings) and 153 A (promoting enmity between different religious groups) of the IPC.

As BJP fumes over Udayanidhi’s remark, Gujarat sees a Sanatan Dharma vs Swaminarayan war

Hindu religious leaders have objected to murals that depict Lord Hanuman at the feet of Lord Swaminarayan. CM Bhupendra Patel holds meeting with both sides.

Petition in Bihar court against Tamil Nadu CM Stalin, son Udayanidhi over ‘Sanatan Dharma’ remarks

Muzaffarpur-based advocate Sudhir Kumar Ojha filed the petition before the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate Pankaj Kumar Lal alleging that the remarks have hurt Hindu sentiments.

Udhayanidhi’s ‘eradicate Sanatana’ not a call to genocide. It’s internal critique of Hinduism

Dravidian politician critiquing Sanatana is just fine. What else do you expect from a follower of Periyar, Anna, and Kalaignar?

On Camera

SIR notice to Amartya Sen reveals how burdensome India’s overseas vote really is

In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, there were 1,19,374 registered overseas electors on the rolls. However, only 2,958 actually voted. Kerala alone accounted for 2,670 of those votes.

500% tariffs ahead for India? Trump’s lined up a big bad Bill for countries buying Russian oil

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham says bill will be 'well-timed, as Ukraine is making concessions for peace and Putin is all talk, continuing to kill the innocent'.

2025: Pakistan’s deadliest year in over a decade

Islamabad-based think-tank PICSS's new report says Pakistan saw 'pronounced escalation' in violence last year, with 3,413 conflict-related deaths compared to 1,950 in previous year.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.