Conservative clerics warned Muslims against garba as impermissible; now Hindu right-wing groups call their presence provocative—different reasons, same outcome.
Organisers refuse to back down after picking actor who promised to strip if India won 2011 World Cup. Arya Babbar to play Ravan, BJP MP Manoj Tiwari will play Parashuram.
In Surat, Bajrang Dal asked organisers to ensure those performing are not scantily clad. It said those attending should also refrain from wearing ‘backless’, ‘deep neck’ outfits.
RSS’s Sunil Ambekar says bid to link entire Hindu community with terrorism stands rejected; VHP’s Surendra Jain adds, ‘false story of saffron terrorism Congress created has been exposed’.
In interview with ThePrint, VHP chief Alok Kumar says ‘Pakistan should be ready to face consequences for its misdeeds’; adds India will retaliate in full measure at the right time.
VHP has written to Jind district administration to demand closure of meat shops during the nine-day festival. Beginning of Navratri coincides with the end of Ramazan.
Samajwadi Party Rajya Sabha MP Ramjilal Suman's remarks have sparked a significant backlash, with members of the Vishva Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal staging protests.
The Italian term sprezzatura—a studied nonchalance that conceals intention—best captures the spirit of Trump’s foreign policy so far. The pattern is unpredictability, transactionalism, and disruption as diplomacy.
With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.
This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.
Dear Ms. Amana, This is the 2 nation theory at work. It is bunkum but you can believe it and claim that Hindus and Muslims are different.
The conservative elements and todays hardline politics will always separate people of different communities. It is for us, the common people to keep building bridges and build lives and communities together. I believe that there will always be common ground and secularism is a way of life because people are inherently heterogenous.
Dear Ms. Amana, This is the 2 nation theory at work. It is bunkum but you can believe it and claim that Hindus and Muslims are different.
The conservative elements and todays hardline politics will always separate people of different communities. It is for us, the common people to keep building bridges and build lives and communities together. I believe that there will always be common ground and secularism is a way of life because people are inherently heterogenous.