Brooklyn (New York) headquartered e-commerce company Etsy, Inc. withdrew flip-flops carrying image of Hindu deity Lord Ganesh from its website within less than six hours after upset Hindus protested, calling it “highly inappropriate”. Ganesh Flip Flops, earlier selling for $25 at Etsy.com, does not show up anymore. Item description of Ganesh Flip Flops stated: “Traditionally, […]
There is no proposal for a financial compensation package to Hindu refugee families migrated from Bangladesh is under consideration of the Government. This was stated by the Minister of State for Home Affairs, Hansraj Gangaram Ahir in a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha today. The situation of Hindus in Bangladesh is […]
Upset Hindu leader Rajan Zed is urging world’s largest online retailer Amazon.com for the immediate withdrawal of stockings carrying the image of Hindu deity Lord Ganesha and flip-flops carrying sacred Hindu symbol Om; calling it highly inappropriate. Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada today, said that Lord Ganesha was highly revered in Hinduism and […]
Migrant Pakistani Hindu professionals are once again requesting Govt. of India to grant Indian citizenship to them as per naturalization sec.6(1) of Citizenship Act, 1955. This was earlier done in 1991 by issuing the Indian citizenship certificates to intellectuals of migrant Hindu community of Pakistan, within one year of their stay in India. This provision is […]
Hindus in Kenya hosted the First Lady of Kenya, Margaret Kenyatta, for Ram Katha narration in Nairobi. The Hindu community in Kenya started a nine-day spiritual pilgrimage on Saturday evening (25th February 2018) where they also sent a message of love and compassion to Kenyans facing food shortages occasioned by drought, informed a press statement issued […]
Victorian State Government is providing over $160,000 to Shri Shiva Vishnu Temple (Hindu Society of Victoria) in Carrum Downs for up-gradation. Victorian Minister for Multicultural Affairs Robin Scott stated in a release: “The upgrades to the Shri Shiva Vishnu Temple will help our Hindu community enshrine and share their values of compassion, selflessness, harmony, tolerance […]
Welcoming Council Rock School District (CRSD) for declaring holiday on November seven, when their most popular festival Diwali falls this year. Board of Directors of CRSD, headquartered in Newtown (Pennsylvania), in their meeting on February 15, unanimously approved 2018-2019 calendar which includes the addition of Diwali as an official school holiday. In 2017, Unionville-Chadds Ford […]
A petition has moved in Canada exposing Pakistan with regards to freedom of religion and describing it as the most intolerant countries in the world. The petition started by Asif Panhwar from Calgary, Alberta, on December 18, 2017, by Tom Kmiec. It states that in 1947, Hindus constituted over 27 percent of the population of […]
Vatican Library carries 15 printed books on the topic of yoga, including an 1897 edition. Catalogue search reveals titles like “How to know God. The Yoga Aphorisms of Patanjali” (1953), yoga as a healing path, the yoga of faith, spirituality of yoga, etc. Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, termed it […]
Bangladesh Minority Watch has presented a report on the latest atrocity on the Hindus in the country in which cows have been burned down. The latest case of atrocity has emerged from the Madhukhali Upazila of the Faridpur District and has already been reported by the Bangladeshi dailies like “The Daily Sangbad” dated 18 January […]
