Tag: India

In this article the author explores whether we really need religion in this day and age. What are the positive and negative points that religions bring and how do they balance out in the end?

The government in the Indian state of Meghalaya has confiscated textbooks showing pictures of Jesus Christ holding a cigarette and a can of beer.  State Education Minister Ampareen Lyngdoh said legal action against the publishers was being contemplated.

Dutch-Somali writer and activist Ayaan Hirsi Ali speaks out against Islam at a book fair in India.

The Indian gods are everywhere!

Stating that a watchful eye had to be kept to maintain communal harmony, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday said that those who used religious symbols and forums to talk of violence, sectarianism and discord could not be called true to their religion.

India’s genes uncovered
Genetic exploration of the subcontinent has been slow to get going – but the latest findings offer some amazing insights

As a conference on untouchability gathers, is discrimination based on someone’s ranking in society still an issue within some religions in the UK?

A killing of a Sikh guru by rival fundamentalist Sikhs in Vienna triggers riots in India.

An Indian nun has stunned the Catholic Church with a confessional autobiography claiming widespread sexual abuse and bullying within its cloisters.

Police are on alert after Hindu radicals who earlier attacked women at a pub vow to round up any young couples celebrating the holiday, which they say is offensive to Indian culture.