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Brazilian clothes brand removes image of Hindu deity from shorts
Brasilia | By Reuters | Posted by Jahnavi Gupta
UPDATED ON NOV 25, 2020 10:34 AM IST
A Brazilian fashion clothes brand has removed ads for its line of shorts for men and women that used an image of Lord Ganesh, one of the most revered deities of Hinduism.
‘Clothing companies should not appropriate religion, sacrilege and ridicule entire communities’: Hindu leader demands Brazilian brand to remove image of Lord Ganesh from shorts
Brasilia | By Reuters | Posted by: Alfea Jamal
UPDATED ON NOV 21, 2020 09:44 AM IST
An Indian religious leader has asked a Brazilian fashion clothes brand to remove the image of Hindu deity Lord Ganesh from one of its lines of shorts for men and women. He said, “Lord Ganesh was meant to be worshipped in temples or home shrines and not to adorn one’s thighs, hips, groin, buttocks, genitals and pelvis.”
Religious conversion only for sake of marriage not valid: Allahabad HC
Hindustan Times, Prayagraj | By Jitendra Sarin
PUBLISHED ON OCT 31, 2020 01:53 AM IST
The court referred to Noor Jahan Begum case, a 2014 judgment of the Allahabad high court which ruled that conversion just for the purpose of marriage is unacceptable.
HT Picks: New Reads
Hindustan Times | By HT Team
UPDATED ON OCT 23, 2020 05:03 PM IST
On this week’s list of good reads is a Kannada litterateur’s look at Sita’s story, a book that tells you that the negative emotion of spite can have healthy outcomes, and one woman’s repudiation of the Hindu faith
Salma Hayek shares image of Goddess Lakshmi, says it makes her feel ‘joyful’ and connected with ‘inner beauty’
Hindustan Times | By HT Entertainment Desk
UPDATED ON OCT 08, 2020 04:23 PM IST
Actor Salma Hayek has shared an image of Goddess Lakshmi, and written about how she makes her feel ‘joyful’ and connected to her ‘inner beauty’. See Salma’s post here.
Raj Thackeray lauds Centre for legal battle for Ram temple and building ‘consensus’
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By hindustantimes.com | Edited by Abhinav Sahay
UPDATED ON AUG 04, 2020 11:21 PM IST
MNS chief also said that the occasion demonstrated the spirit behind building the Ram temple.
William Dalrymple’s next book being penned through lockdown
New Delhi | By Indo Asian News Service
UPDATED ON MAY 03, 2020 05:42 PM IST
His magnum opus in 2019, ‘Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire’ has been his most successful and critically acclaimed work till date; but that has only encouraged historian William Dalrymple to scale even higher.
Word of the Week: Yogi, a word for the spiritually wise
Hindustan Times | By Shashi Tharoor
UPDATED ON MAY 03, 2020 12:42 PM IST
While the term has a very specific meaning, it can, by extension, be applied to people who demonstrate the qualities of yogis.
Shankaracharya Jayanti 2020: A look at the great Indian philosopher’s life
Hindustann Times | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON APR 28, 2020 01:42 PM IST
Adi Shankaracharya was an Indian philosopher from the 8th century who is responsible for consolidating the doctrine of Advaita Vedanta.
HT Brunch Cover Story: One of India’s greatest dancers, Malvika Sarukkai, is facing her biggest challenge
Hindustan Times | By Shoba Narayan
UPDATED ON APR 26, 2020 03:50 AM IST
The ace Bharatanatyam dancer reveals how she gave a sacred scripture the physicality of dance
Break the deadlock on the meaning of secularism, writes Mark Tully
By Mark Tully
UPDATED ON FEB 15, 2020 06:49 PM IST
Why is there a deadlock between the BJP and the Congress view of secularism? Why is there no meaningful debate among politicians on this fundamental issue?
Sangh Parivar’s mass marriage of tribal people hits speed breaker in Bengal
Hindustan Times, Kolkata | By Snigdhendu Bhattacharya
UPDATED ON FEB 10, 2020 08:33 PM IST
The Mamata Banerjee administration has started treating mass marriages as “conversion drive”.
Review: Gandhi’s Hinduism: The Struggle Against Jinnah’s Islam by MJ Akbar
Hindustan Times | By K Natwar Singh
UPDATED ON FEB 07, 2020 07:54 PM IST
According to MJ Akbar’s new book, Jinnah was both overestimated and underestimated by Gandhi, Nehru, and Patel
VHP moves Calcutta HC after Mamata Banerjee accuses it of converting tribals into Hinduism
Hidustan Times, Kolkata | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON FEB 05, 2020 07:40 PM IST
The VHP claimed that it only helped 133 poor couples to get married.
British Museum to showcase ancient Tantra knowledge
Hindustan Times, London | By Prasun Sonwalkar
PUBLISHED ON JAN 27, 2020 01:32 PM IST
The exhibition will explore Tantra’s early medieval transformation of Hinduism and Buddhism, along with its links to the Indian fight for independence and the rise of 1960s counterculture in western countries, organisers said.
SAD(A) gives call for Punjab bandh on Jan 25
Hindustan Times, Muktsar | By HT Correspondent, Muktsar
UPDATED ON JAN 14, 2020 10:36 PM IST
In midnight tweet, Priyanka Gandhi invokes goddess ‘Chamunda’ after BJP’s barb
Hindustan Times, Lucknow | By Brajendra K Parashar
UPDATED ON AUG 15, 2020 12:58 AM IST
Apart from the BJP, the saints in Ayodhya have also reacted to Priyanka Gandhi’s remark about saffron. They said she could have targeted Yogi Aditanath but it was not fair to target saffron.
The CAB is both immoral and unconstitutional | Analysis
By Abhishek Manu Singhvi and Muhammad Khan
UPDATED ON DEC 12, 2019 09:05 PM IST
It reduces citizenship to a religious test, violates Article 14 and international agreements, and isolates Muslims
Podcast: Aatish Taseer on India, Indian Politics, and Citizenship
By Hindustan Times
UPDATED ON NOV 21, 2019 05:10 PM IST
Two weeks ago, Aatish received notice that the government of India was revoking his status as an Overseas Citizen of India—known as OCI.
Mudra an obscene gesture? UK court dismisses complaint
Hindustan Times, London | By Prasun Sonwalkar
UPDATED ON NOV 01, 2019 12:37 AM IST
Sheila Jacklin was then charged with harassment by the police after her neighbours in Normans Bay sent them CCTV footage of her Yoga practice, but the case was thrown out last week when the prosecution offered no evidence in court.
Brunch bookmarks: Lending an ear to the echoes of the past
Hindustan Timea | By Veenu Singh
UPDATED ON OCT 26, 2019 09:50 PM IST
Historian Vikram Sampath finds joy telling stories of the forgotten and the maligned
To show the world the way, follow Gandhi’s example | Analysis
By Vinod Saighal
PUBLISHED ON OCT 14, 2019 07:29 PM IST
Hindutva, as seen today, is not inclusive. India must go back to its value systems of humanity and compassion
Avoid triumphalism and resentment on Ayodhya
By Mark Tully
UPDATED ON OCT 05, 2019 04:53 PM IST
If Hindu and Muslim leaders involved in the Ayodhya dispute could only have a dialogue, discussing the application of this principle to their reactions to the court’s judgment, whatever it may be, the dispute could be laid to rest
HT Picks: The most interesting books of the week
Hindustan Times | By HT Team
UPDATED ON OCT 04, 2019 06:46 PM IST
This week’s pick of good reads includes a book on stories of hope from the natural world, another on the central place of dharma in Hindu thought, and a collection of a renowned constitutional lawyer’s writings
Gandhi and modern political thought
By Karuna Mantena
PUBLISHED ON OCT 01, 2019 11:34 PM IST
Satyagraha was tied to action and meant for politics in the street, the maidan and the village
The Mahatma’s legacy for the world, writes Venkaiah Naidu
By M Venkaiah Naidu
UPDATED ON OCT 02, 2019 07:26 PM IST
His views on public service, development, rural empowerment, and social evils are relevant today
The five Gandhis
Hindustan Times | By Snigdha Poonam
UPDATED ON SEP 30, 2019 01:11 PM IST
One of the ways in which the Dravidian social reformer challenged Brahmanical domination in politics, education and administration in Tamil Nadu was to agitate against caste surnames.
Every Indian is a Hindu for RSS, Mohan Bhagwat tells foreign journalists
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By Smriti Kak
UPDATED ON SEP 24, 2019 04:48 PM IST
The RSS chief is also learnt to have explained the Sangh’s version of Hindutva and underscored that Hinduism is diversity in unity and it is a concept. Every Indian is a Hindu for the RSS, he said.
RSS sees ploy to create wedge between tribals, Hindus
NEW DELHI | By Smriti Kak Ramachandran
UPDATED ON SEP 13, 2019 01:49 AM IST
According to two functionaries of the Sangh, the issue of increase in the number of ORPs came up for discussion at the crucial Samanvaya Baithak that concluded in Rajasthan’s Pushkar this week.
‘Hindutva Lite not an answer to Hindi heartland woes of Congress’: Tharoor
New Delhi | By Press Trust of India
UPDATED ON SEP 08, 2019 04:56 PM IST
Tharoor argued that rather than allowing itself to be intimidated by the BJP’s success, it is far better for the Congress to stand up for what it has always believed in and urge the country to follow its principles.