Every year, in the fortnight before the new moon of Ashwin, Hindu families across the country perform śrāddha, the ritual offering of food to deceased ancestors. A common way to perform the ritual ...

Independent candidate Deepanshu Shokeen wins DUSU vice-presidential race after NSUI denies him a ticket, highlighting internal party conflicts.

Five-year-old Durga travelled 3,000km in six days from Assam in India’s northeast to a temple in Tamil Nadu in the south.

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Faith and Christian values have become a focal point of the Texas Senate race as seminarian state Rep. James Talarico fuels ...

From Jootha to Jugaad, ghanta and more, here are some colloquial Hindi words that do not have a direct English translation if ...

Marking the release of “A Journey of Hope,” Cardinal George Jacob Koovakad, Prefect of the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue, grants an interview ...

On the word origins of kozhukottai and modak, the deep history of the offering, the rise of Ganapati worship and of Ganesh Chaturthi itself, and the Sri Lankan Tamil custom of pal kozhukottai — the ...

Stand up for the principles articulated by our founding fathers in the Preamble to the Declaration of Independence: All ...

An Islamist terrorist attack in Kohat (Province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa – Pakistan) has killed at least 21 people and injured more than 80, with subsequent reports indicating over 100 wounded. The ...

Rather than demonize immigrants as forever foreigners, the Texan thing has been to document their longstanding commitments to the state.