At the 1893 World Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Vivekananda presented a paternal, all-inclusive vision of India that made America seem young and provincial. Illustration by Meilan Solly / Photos by ...

An important distinguishing and defining factor of India is its plurality, and an important unifying theme is its diversity. In this statement lies a self-evident truth about India; everything in ...

Some 1,000 tribals from across India including Christians gathered in the national capital to demand recognition of their religion in the 2021 census. They sang, danced and displayed placards saying ...

For decades, adherents of Lingayat Dharma, an 800-year-old tradition with some resemblance to Hinduism, have lobbied the Indian government to declare it separate from the dominant religion on the ...

Catholic Church leaders feel the demand for recognition of "Sarna" as a distinct religion of all Adivasis, or tribal people, in India will not be fulfilled unless there is unity amongst the many ...

The Native American Ghost Dance movement arose in the late 1800’s and featured large circle dances as well as teachings that became a part of American Indian belief systems. The movement was ...

Cerritos College in Norwalk — where the majority of students are Latino and the first in their families to attend college — is a stone’s throw from Southern California’s famed “Little India,” a ...

UDIPI, India, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Ayesha Imthiaz, a devout Indian Muslim who considers wearing a hijab an expression of devotion to the Prophet Mohammad, says a move by her college to expel ...

THRISSUR, India (CNS) — As India continued to experience violent protests against a controversial citizenship law, Cardinal Oswald Gracias of Mumbai said citizenship should never be based on a ...

Last week in a Manhattan vaudeville theatre a man was speaking. “Nietzsche’s,” he said, “is the present philosophy of the Occidental world, with its gospel of self-assertion and self-expression, ...

Defense minister Rajnath Singh on 25 August said that Indian soldiers didn't kill terrorists in Operation Sindoor based on their religion but on their deeds. He asserted that the “target was hit ...

A New Zealand judge has rejected leniency requests tied to an Indian-origin Uber driver's prison sentence over rape charges.