“Oh you who believe! Fasting is prescribed to you (Muslims) as it was prescribed to those before you (Jews and Christians), that you may (learn) self-restraint,”. (Qur’an 2:183) However, in most ...

Vivek Menezes Religion and politics are an especially volatile mix in South Asia, cleaved apart so painfully on the basis of religion in 1947, and roiled on the same lines again in the 21st ...

Maha Saptami, also known as Navpatrika Puja, is a significant Hindu festival celebrated on Monday, 29th September 2025. This ...

The month of Shravan, which begins today, marks the start of a series of celebrations before the grand festival of Ganesh Chaturthi ...

Under British rule, the notion took hold that the only legitimate priests in Hinduism are upper-caste sacred-thread ...