Jun 20, 2021
Odisha’s Raghurajpur village is a hub of Pattachitra, an indigenous art form, with at least one artist involved in the trade in every family. This art form dates back to the 12th century
An Artisan Heritage Crafts Village: Indigenous Sustainability of Raghurajpur
Raghurajpur is a heritage crafts village in the district of Puri in the state of Odisha. This village is recognized for its folk art called Pattachitra, an art form which dates back to 5th Century B.C. and Gotipua dance which existed as a predecessor before the emergence of Odissi dance and is hence the home of a prominent visual art as well as a performing art.
Jun 20, 2021
In 2009, too, India had committed USD 10 billion to the IMF to help it tackle the global financial crisis. It had again contributed USD 4 billion in 2010
If Modi’s ‘Vaccine Diplomacy’ wrong, Sonia Gandhi’s ‘Eurozone Bailout’ wrong
Not too long ago, Congress leaders led by Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi replaced their pictures with posters that read “Modiji humare bachon ki vaccine Videsh kyu bhej Diya (Modi, why did you send vaccines of our children to foreign countries?) on social media.
Jun 20, 2021
How can they keep the title of the film as just Prithviraj when the film is based on the great Prithviraj Chauhan? We want the title to be changed to his full name and give respect to him
Protestors demand change of movie name ‘Prithviraj’, burn Akshay Kumar’s effigy: Here’s the name they want
On Thursday (June 17), protestors belonging to All India Kshatriya Mahasabha (AIKM) burnt the effigy of actor Akshay Kumar over his upcoming film on the great Hindu king Prithviraj Chauhan.
Jun 20, 2021
Out of the foreign-born rapists, a whopping 40% came from Africa or the Middle East while those hailing from Afghanistan accounted for 5% of rapes and attempted rapes
On World Refugee Day, read how Germany, Sweden, and India bore the brunt of incoming refugees
In a world divided by nation-states, immigration remains one of the contentious and debated issues. Objections have been raised by governments of both developed and developing nations about the unchecked inflow of migrants due to employment, political instability, and religious persecution. While there is a growing consensus among nations to check illegal immigration, the case of refugees provides for a unique case.
Jun 20, 2021
The handle of Popular Front of India's Karnataka unit, which has over 16k followers, has now been bestowed with the 'blue tick' by Twitter
Twitter rewards an Islamist org, set to be banned by India, with a verified blue tick: Here is what PFI has done in the past
In a controversial move, the micro-blogging site Twitter has verified the Twitter handle of notorious radical Islamic organisation – Popular Front of India (PFI).
Jun 20, 2021
“Periyar is a Muslim inside. His plan is to outwardly stay in the Hindu faith and send the Depressed Classes over to Islam“. There was no objection from any quarters to this claim
Periyar EV Ramasamy and his relationship with Islam
A striking aspect of the Dravidian brand of rationalism is how it attacks only Hindu beliefs and icons and is very careful to never critique the beliefs and practices of any other religion. Let us peer back in history and see if it was always so.
Jun 19, 2021
The horrifying incident has left Mukesh’s family and the villagers in a state of disbelief and shock
Exclusive: Agitators not farmers but criminals, says wife of victim burnt alive at Tikri border, farmers harass woman of village, says sarpanch
A man named Mukesh (42), a resident of Kasar village in Bahadurgarh of Jhajjar district of Haryana had succumbed to burn injuries after farmer protestors allegedly set him ablaze at the Tikri border protest site on May 16 (Wednesday). Haryana police arrested one of the main accused named Krishna. The investigation into this inhumane incident has revealed so far that the protestors, under the influence of alcohol, got into a dispute with the deceased. In that inebriated state, the accused hurled casteist slurs at Mukesh thereafter burnt him alive.
Jun 19, 2021
When the committee asked what the company follows, Indian law or its own policies, the Twitter officials replied that they follow their own policies, as they are equally important
Here are some of the points that the Parliamentary Standing Committee, headed by Shashi Tharoor, raised with Twitter
As the conflict between the government of India and Twitter continues over the new Information Technology rules, the Indian officials of the microblogging site were questioned by the Parliamentary Panel on Information Technology on various issues.
Jun 19, 2021
The cost to hold a Mini Crusade is only $100 and provides speaker transportation, a sound system, New Testaments, and evangelistic and discipleship books to reach a village for Christ
India – The ‘Church Planting’ Garden
The phenomenon termed ‘Church Planting’ – a concentrated exercise of Evangelical Missionaries from US and UK focusing on spreading the beliefs of the Christian faith in India. Most Christian missionary organisation from US and UK have put the map of India on their mission chart for spreading the Christian faith and bringing the Indian locals into accepting the teachings of the Evangelists.