San Antonio (Texas) based art-clothing company DiZurita withdrew Ganesha leggings within three hours after upset Hindus protested, calling it “highly inappropriate”. DiZurita’s founder-artist Giovanna DiZurita who was out of the country at the time, in an email to Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, who spearheaded this protest, wrote: “It was never my intent to offend anyone […]
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Withdraw Lord Ganesha leggings, firm told
San Antonio (Texas) based art-clothing company DiZurita has been told to immediately withdraw of leggings carrying images of Hindu deity Lord Ganesha. Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada today, said that Lord Ganesha was highly revered in Hinduism and was meant to be worshipped in temples or home shrines and not to […]
Sri Lanka: Feud over appointment of Muslim to Hindu Cultural Affairs Ministry
Anger over the appointment of MP Kadar Mastan as the Deputy Minister in Charge of Hindu Religious Affairs has again brought to light the tension that has engulfed Sri Lanka. The move was criticised heavily by the Hindu group Seva Senai founder Maravanpulavu Sachchithananthan who reminded the Buddhists of the nation that it was a […]
Rhode Island Senate and House opened with Hindu mantras
On June 20, both Rhode Island State Senate and House of Representatives in Providence started their respective sessions with Hindu prayers, containing verses from world’s oldest existing scripture. Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed delivered the invocations from ancient Sanskrit scriptures before the Senate and House and sprinkled few drops of water from river Ganga, considered […]
Pennsylvania Senate and House opened with Hindu mantras and holy water
On June 19, both Pennsylvania State Senate and House of Representatives in Harrisburg started their respective sessions with Hindu mantras, containing verses from world’s oldest existing scripture. Hindu statesman Rajan Zed delivered the invocations from ancient Sanskrit scriptures before the Senate and House of Pennsylvania and sprinkled few drops of water from river Ganga, considered […]
Airtel gets trolled for anti-Muslim comments by its DTH customer
Airtel is in a soup. Former Jammu and Kashmir Cheif Minister Omar Abdullah took to social media (its always social media which is starting new fights) and accused the company of pandering to bigotry. The reason was that one user of Airtel DTH had said that she had no faith in the effectiveness of a Muslim’s […]
South Korean singing sensation Jennie Kim banks on ‘bindi,’ looks gorgeous (Photos inside)
South Korean singing sensation Jennie Pink of the BLACKPINk (a South Korean girl band) is wearing a bindi and has the internet talking. The 22-year old recently shared two pictures with her sporting the ‘bindi’ look which is usually adorned by Hindu girls of all ages. The stylish bindi look enhances her gorgeous looks but […]
After Sikh, Hindu man murdered in Pakistan
Hindu and Sikh community continues to bear the brunt in Pakistan. A prominent Sikh religious leader named Charanjit Singh, the vice-president of Peshawar Singh Sabha Society was shot dead in Peshawar city of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province when he was sitting in his grocery shop. Balochistan: Violence erupts against Hindus, while a child dies The […]
Both Pennsylvania Senate and House to open with Hindu mantras
On June 19, both Pennsylvania State Senate and House of Representatives in Harrisburg will start their respective sessions with Hindu prayers, containing verses from world’s oldest existing scripture. Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed will deliver the invocations from ancient Sanskrit scriptures before the Senate and House. After Sanskrit delivery, he then will read the English […]
Now, fire destroys Hindu homes in Myanmar
Myanmarese Hindus continue to face more hardships. Radio Free Asia has reported that now more than “60 houses in a predominantly Hindu village in the Maungdaw district of Myanmar’s Rakhine state were gutted by fire on Thursday” This is being called an act of negligence. Radio Free Asia has quoted a Hindu social worker named Ni […]