Series 2 was produced, written, narrated and edited by Mat McDermott. Script development support was provided by Dr. Vijay ...

(The Conversation) — Aging is often feared, resisted, and in the cruelest of cases, mocked and even punished. An irrational but socially reinforced sense of having somehow failed haunts many older ...

Manu Pillai tells his audience how a Bala Murugan temple deity in Kerala’s Alappuzha district acquired the rather catchy moniker, “Munch Murugan.” When a small boy in the region fell ill, his parents ...

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Tensions Rise Between India and Pakistan Currently, the atmosphere between India and Pakistan is extremely tense. Experts around the globe are suggesting that these two nations may soon find ...

On Tuesday, before he left India, U.S.President Barack Obama delivered a speech in which he reminded Indians that “your Article 25 says that all people are ‘equally entitled to freedom of conscience ...

About one-in-ten Asian Americans now identify Hinduism as their religion (11%), essentially the same as in 2012 (10%). An additional 6% of all Asian Americans say they feel close to Hinduism aside ...

(RNS) — With the collapse of President Joe Biden’s plan to pass his Build Back Better bill this year, the United States and the world are nearing the point of no return on the climate. As ...

This is the 21st Century. One would think that the evils of caste, creed, race would be relics of the past.  Yet – oppression, racism, exploitation – continue to flourish, across the world. In ...

Hinduism, originating in India, has spread globally. India has the largest Hindu population, followed by Nepal. Bangladesh, Indonesia, and Pakistan also have significant Hindu communities. Sri Lanka, ...