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Sabarimala Row: Supreme Court asks if non-believers can claim temple entry rightsThe Supreme Court is examining the right of entry to religious places. A nine-judge bench questioned how a non-believer from North India co...- Panchayat star’s mother was a maid, he earned just Rs 1,600 per month in his first job. He claims, 'not allowed to enter village temple' because of his caste. Who is Vinod Suryavanshi?Actor Vinod Suryavanshi, now known for his role as Sachiv ji in Panchayat, overcame a childhood of poverty and domestic turmoil. He endured...
- 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...
- Constitution over tradition: Why ‘essential practices’ must not override individual rightsIndia's Supreme Court is embarking on an examination of religious traditions to determine their compliance with fundamental rights. Key cas...
- Narayana Guru: the rebel who rewrote dharma, not the one we knowIn the late 1880s, Narayana, an ezhava, challenged the caste system by consecrating a Shiv linga in Travancore where lower castes were forb...
- How dress code for male priests to not wear upper garment still continues despite protestsKerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan has cautiously reacted to Satchidananda Swamy's call to end the tradition of male devotees entering temples shir...
- Ram Temple construction in Ayodhya will be the start of 'Ram Rajya' in India, says Yogi Adityanath"Ram Rajya means a rule where there will be no discrimination on the basis of caste and religion. Benefits of schemes will reach everyone, ...
- California Senate Committee okays bill to end caste discriminationThis is for the first time that a US State legislature would consider legislation on caste. If passed, the bill could make America's most p...
- Law banning caste-based discrimination comes into effect in US city of SeattleSeattle is not only the first American city to ban caste discrimination but is the first jurisdiction at any level globally outside South 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.
- SC decision on Sabarimala temple makes Hinduism even more inclusive: Maneka GandhiHailing the apex court judgement on Sabarimala, Gandhi said it is a "wonderful" judgement that paves way to make Hinduism even more inclusi...
- Essential religious practices, if biased, can be struck down: Supreme CourtJudges said the theme of Article 25 is meant to apply to all religions and when the Constitution says no religion can discriminatingly rest...
- RSS chief pitches for Ram temple at disputed site in Ayodhya"Ram Mandir only will be constructed and nothing else. It will be constructed there only" (what is believed to be the birthplace of Lord Ra...
- Reservation must for benefit of oppressed: Uma BhartiWhen asked that in some temples entry of certain people is banned on the basis of caste, she said "people should go to any temple without d...
- Give land to Dalits as most atrocities happen to the landless: Pardeep Attri, Ambedkar Caravan"Since Dalits don’t have space in mainstream media, every single whisper against atrocities counts," Pardeep Attri said.
- There should be no discrimination on gender basis, Mahesh Sharma on Sabarimala rowUnion minister Mahesh Sharma today backed the entry of women in Sabarimala temple, saying there should be no discrimination on the basis of...
- Supreme Court stops short of allowing non-Brahmins as priests in Tamil NaduThe courts would examine if the appointment to a particular group of temples was violative of any agamas (rituals, customs) and whether it ...
- Congress protests government statements on Kumari Selja's remark; disrupts Rajya SabhaCongress protested the statements of Arun Jaitley and Piyush Goyal disputing the version of Kumari Selja that she was asked about her caste...
- Restricted entry for non-Hindus in Somnath temple wrong: Ramvilas PaswanPaswan today criticised the decision taken by authorities at the Somnath temple in Gujarat to restrict entry of non-Hindus inside.
- Jitan Ram Manjhi dubs upper caste people as foreigners, BJP slams commentCM has tried to sow a wedge between different sections by questioning ethnicity of the upper caste people which may stoke caste tension in ...
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