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Diwali 2022: When is it and who celebrates it?

Diwali is one of the most widely celebrated religious festivals in the world

Manchester Evening News

Diwali will be honored as an official holiday in New York City schools

Diwali celebrates lightness over darkness and is celebrated by more than 1 billion Hindu people each year. It also has its own versions in the Buddhism, Sikhism and Jainism religions.

WEKU

`Where the goodies are great': Sweets lovers welcome Diwali

Many preparations go into the celebration of Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, which starts Monday

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‘Unjust and unacceptable’: Jairam Ramesh slams The Hindu’s cartoon on Mallikarjun Kharge

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh criticised a cartoon published in the Hindu today, calling it “unjust and unacceptable”.

Newslaundry

Q&A: Understanding India’s crackdown on Muslim groups

Al Jazeera speaks to Irfan Ahmad, an expert on Islamist parties and Islamophobia, to understand ban on Muslim groups.

Al Jazeera

Bhaijaan the suspect: TV news is turning everyday Muslim conversation into a tool of bigotry

There’s little in common between bigotry and “bhaijaan”, an Urdu word evoking love and respect for a brotherly figure. But in the haze of TV news electrosmog, even a word with such positive connotations as “bhaijaan” is being incubated as a pejorative.

Newslaundry

UN chief chides India on rights record

Mumbai (AFP) - UN chief Antonio Guterres chided India during a visit Wednesday over its human rights record, which critics say has regressed under Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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Diwali: A celebration of the goddess Lakshmi, and her promise of prosperity and good fortune

This year Diwali, a popular festival for Hindus, Jains, Buddhists and Sikhs, will be celebrated on Oct. 24, the Amavasya, or new moon day, of the month of Kartik in the traditional Indian lunar calendar.

The Conversation

Activist objects to museum selling toys of Hindu deities

A Hindu rights activist is calling on a Massachusetts museum to stop selling children’s plush toys representing three Hindu deities, which he says are “insensitive.”

The Independent UK

2 Indian laborers killed in Kashmir grenade attack

Police say two Indian laborers have been killed in a grenade attack in disputed Kashmir, two days after assailants fatally shot a Kashmiri Hindu man

The Independent UK

Guardian to OpIndia: ‘Stop online attacks on our reporter’

The Guardian has asked the Indian news website OpIndia to stop its “online attacks” on the British newspaper’s reporter Aina J Khan over her coverage of the violence involving Hindu and Muslim groups in Liecester, England.

Newslaundry

Religious polarization in India seeping into US diaspora

Clashes in India between Hindu nationalists and minority religious groups, particularly Muslims, have sparked tensions online and in person in the Indian American diaspora

The Independent UK

Assailants fatally shoot Hindu man in Kashmir

Assailants have fatally shot a Kashmiri Hindu man in violence police blamed on militants fighting against Indian rule in the disputed region

The Independent UK

Her name was Jîna Amini: That matters

A young Kurdish woman made famous in death still has a lesson to teach us: Call her by her name

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Gyanvapi Case: Varanasi Court Rejects Plea Seeking Carbon Dating Of 'Shivling'

A Varanasi court on Friday rejected the plea seeking carbon dating and scientific investigation of the purported 'Shivling' claimed to be found in the Gyanvapi mosque complex. Read more on Dynamite News:

Newslaundry

Sundar Nagri murder: Does BJP leader’s call for Muslim boycott have any takers?

On October 9, BJP parliamentarian Parvesh Verma called for a “total boycott” of Muslims because, he declared, they were trying to turn Delhi into a “mini Pakistan”.

WEKU

A panel on India's top court splits on school ban on Muslim headscarves

Two judges on India's top court on Thursday differed over a ban on the wearing of a headscarf used by Muslim women in educational institutions and referred the issue to a larger bench to settle.

The Independent UK

India's top court split on school ban on Muslim headscarves

Two judges on India’s top court have differed over a ban on the wearing of the hijab, a headscarf used by Muslim women, in educational institutions and referred the sensitive issue to a larger bench of three or more judges to settle

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Karwa Chauth 2022: These Pro Fasting Tips Will Make Your Karwa Chauth A Way Easier

Hindu women are observing fast throughout the day for the good health and longevity of their husbands. Further details on Dynamite News:

The Hindu

Explained | The Ashoka Vijaya Dashami controversy

Why did Aam Aadmi Minister Rajendra Pal Gautam attending a Buddhist Conversion Day event create uproar? What is the history of the Day and how is Ambedkar linked to the event? What are the rituals followed and what do they signify?

The Guardian - UK

In Britain and India, we must resist the tragic thinking that pits Hindus against Muslims

The recent disorder in Leicester echoes the ‘communalist’ politics that now dominates India thanks to the ruling BJP, says sociology professor Chetan Bhatt

AFP

Climate refugees flee as Bangladesh villages washed away

Bangla Bazar (Bangladesh) (AFP) - For generations Paban Baroi's family guarded a temple to Shiva, the Hindu god of destruction, until Bangladesh's mighty Padma river wreaked havoc of its own, wiping out the shrine, their home, and 200 other houses in their village.

The Hindu

Trying to build support among existing SC communities: NCDC Chairperson

Commission set up to look into SC status should not unevenly consider their opposition, should consider evidence, data and constitutional validity, says V.J. George

AFP

'Vegetarian' temple crocodile mourned in India

Kāsaragod (India) (AFP) - Hundreds of people attended the tearful funeral Monday of a crocodile believed to have been divine and survived for decades on a vegetarian diet at a Hindu temple in India.

The Independent UK

Indian socialist leader Mulayam Singh Yadav dies at 82

Mulayam Singh Yadav, India’s former defense minister and a veteran socialist leader, has died

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