About one-in-ten Asian Americans now identify Hinduism as their religion (11%), essentially the same as in 2012 (10%). An additional 6% of all Asian Americans say they feel close to Hinduism aside ...

Vasant Bhatt, a 20-year-old political science major at the University of Houston, enrolled in a course called the Lived Hindu Religion expecting "nuanced discussion" and "space for the lived faith ...

(RNS) — Amid a government shake-up and rising violence against minorities, an interfaith council is pushing for the country to remove Islam as the state religion. DHAKA, Bangladesh (RNS) — Amid a ...

The Significance of Women in Hinduism In Hinduism, it is believed that a household that honors women is favored by divine ...

(RNS) — At the Parliament of the World’s Religions in Chicago last week with the theme of defending human rights, several Hindu groups complained that, at an event that celebrates common ground among ...

PRAYAGRAJ, India (AP) — Hindu devotees, mystics and holy men and women have gathered in India's northern city of Prayagraj for the Maha Kumbh festival, the world's largest religious gathering. The ...

Kerala BJP chief Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Saturday alleged “double standards” in the CPI(M) and Congress response to incidents of Hindu beliefs being insulted and said that it was no longer acceptable.

This is the 21st Century. One would think that the evils of caste, creed, race would be relics of the past.  Yet – oppression, racism, exploitation – continue to flourish, across the world. In ...