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HINDU DEITIES AND GENDER
'Difficult to declare millions of beliefs wrong': SC hears PIL limits in Sabarimala case debateThe Supreme Court is examining the permissibility of public interest litigations concerning religious practices. A nine-judge bench is hear...
Whose rituals, whose rights? Sabarimala U-turn exposes the tension between tradition, politics, and equalityKerala's ruling LDF has reversed its stance on the Sabarimala Temple issue. The party now supports religious fundamentalism and traditional...
- Shiv & Shakti
Shaivism followers revere Shiv as the Supreme Being, but traditional beliefs often restrict menstruating women from temples, deeming them i...
In Kerala, a battle is brewing over sacred threads & bare chestsKerala's political landscape is now focused on a new controversy regarding the practice of men removing upper garments before entering temp...
If you don't want to use the term 'India', you can't use 'Hindu' either: Shashi TharoorDwelling on the origin of the term 'Hindu' during the launch of 'Nanu Yaake Hindu', the Kannada version of his book 'Why I am a Hindu', the...
Vivek Ramaswamy's Hindu faith is front and center in his GOP presidential campaignThe 37-year-old biotech entrepreneur turned Republican presidential candidate has been steadily garnering support in a party dominated by c...
Bindu Ammini, attacked for trying to enter Sabarimala, moves Supreme CourtThe court had struck down a temple rule that disallowed women in their reproductive phases (between 10 and 50 years) from entering the temp...
SC refers Sabarimala case to 7-judge bench, no stay on entry of womenA five-judge bench, led by former CJI Dipak Misra, eventually struck down the rules as discriminatory of women’s right to equality and wors...
SC to pronounce on Thursday its verdict on pleas seeking review of Sabarimala verdictThe apex court will deliver its judgement on as many as 65 petitions -- including 56 review petitions and four fresh writ petitions and fiv...
Give Muslims extra land outside Ram Mandir site: Sadhguru Jaggi VasudevThe disputed land is only about 2.7 acres. If one third of it belongs to Muslims, ideally they should be given their share with extra 2.7 a...
Women who want to worship Ayyappan face the wrath of the elite Liberals Against SabarimalaMyths have often been a device of dominance in Hinduism, which is why they are unreliable guides to govern contemporary life.
Supreme Court to hear plea of 2 women seeking security after they entered Sabarimala templeSenior advocate Indira Jaising listed the matter before a bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and justices L N Rao and S K Kaul.
Why the Sabarimala verdict is an act of social engineeringTraditional Hindu laws have yielded way to gender equality in matters of inheritance and society has accepted it without fuss.
Sabarimala verdict: SC strikes at the roots of prejudice against menstruationIn the second decade of the 21st century, it needed a constitution bench of the Supreme Court to say that menstruation is not pollution, th...
Triple talaq: Here's why Supreme Court may strike down unilateral talaqsArguments have ended in the triple talaq case and the judgement is expected before August. SC’s decision will have far-reaching implication...
Bhoomata Brigade submits memorandum to Devendra Fadnavis on Shani Shingnapur temple issueCongress backed the campaign, saying that it is the "pious duty" of whole society to support such a move.
What Kerala's new transgender policy could teach other states about recognising the rights of a maltreated communityIndia's transgender people were recognised for the first time by the Census in 2011. It pegged the TG population at 4.88 lakh, 56% of whom ...
- US pastor says yoga 'demonic', sparks row
Mars Hill Church pastor Mark Driscoll's statement that yoga is an agent of Hinduism, and hence demonic, has left many yoga gurus seething a...