Shorts Archive

On Sunday, nine members of a Christian household re-converted to Hinduism. At an event at the Rama Bhajan Mandir in Jannapur, VHP and Bajrang Dal members took the initiative to convert them to Hinduism as part of ‘Gharwapsi.’ The development comes days after the Karnataka Government passed the Anti-Conversion Bill in the Legislative Assembly that provided for jail terms for those engaging in mass religious conversion.

Defence Minister of India Rajnath Singh while addressing the public gathered in Lucknow on Sunday stated that India wanted to manufacture the BrahMos missiles not for attacking any country but to prevent the enemy forces from casting an evil eye on the safety and security of the country.

People of Thoothukudi who actively participated in the protests that led to the closure of the Vedanta owned Sterlite copper plant now feel cheated after the shut down and want reopening of the plant, according to a Swarajya report.

On the last day of the two-day Parliament of Religions held in Raipur, the capital of Chhattisgarh, Swami Paramatmanand said that one battle was won for freedom, now the battle of Hindu Rashtra has to be won.

A Dravidianist psychiatrist from Tamil Nadu has made extremely vulgar remarks about Urdhva Pundra (tilak worn by Vaishnavites) and Bhagwan Shiva’s third eye claiming the latter to be symbols of patriarchy. While talking about the issue of a caste organisation’s logo being displayed in Jai Bhim movie, she has unnecessarily dragged Hindu Dharma, it’s scriptures and itihasas and denigrated them in defence of the movie.

The issue of Hindu exodus in Malvani was raised earlier this year by BJP MLA Mangal Prabhat Lodha. Advocate Kaushik Mhatre has highlighted in his interview with Citti Media how Hindus are being strategically evicted and depopulated in the Mumbai suburb Malvani.

A case of Catholic church encroaching forest land on top of a hillock in Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu has come to fore. The church has encroached 5 acres which belongs to the government. Tiruvannamalai district collector who found out about it recently has ordered for its eviction. 

Secularism as practised in India is a threat to Indian Muslims as this essay will demonstrate. As per purely academic definitions, there are primarily two meanings of secularism.

Waqf Board has written an application to Gujarat High Court staking claim on the ownership of two islands in Bet Dwarka in Devbhoomi Dwarka. As per a report in Gujarati daily Divya Bhaskar, the hearing of the application was heard in the court of Justice Sangeeta Vishen.

Hindu SC children were forced to eat beef and read the Bible at St. Francis Sevadham orphanage near Bararu in the Sagar district of Madhya Pradesh. They were compelled to learn the bible and anyone who refused had their necks choked till they agreed. It is alleged that cattle are being slaughtered inside the campus.