Army chief General Upendra Dwivedi will embark on a four-day official visit to Nepal beginning November 20 to explore ways to further boost the already strong defence ties between the two countries. The upcoming visit is also being looked at as an opportunity to negotiate with Nepal to resolve the Nepali Gorkhas' recruitment into the Indian Army, as Kathmandu has …
As the countdown to the consecration of the Ram temple in Ayodhya begins, there has been a spurt in activity in the infotainment space to bring the story of the Lord and his abode home. “We have tried to take everyone along and have created a balanced narrative of the 500-year long struggle for the temple without augmenting or reducing …
Ram Mandir consecration fever is high, to the extent that the expecting mothers in Ayodhya are requesting doctors to deliver their child on the auspicious date of 22 January. “The mothers believe that Lord Ram is the symbol of heroism, integrity and obedience, therefore babies born on the day of the ‘pran pratishtha’ at the temple will also have the …
I could sense it coming, but it was still a shock when Ram Setu went there. About 20 minutes into Abhishek Sharma’s film, archaeologist Aryan is reeling from the backlash to his report that concludes Ram Setu, a long stretch of shoals in Indian and Sri Lankan waters, was not a bridge made by Ram himself. You can see why …
When Sushma Dwivedi started seriously thinking about performing wedding rites and other Hindu religious blessings in New York City and elsewhere, she knew who she needed to talk to - her grandmother. So leadership, in India as well as Indian immigrant communities, is decentralized and diverse, encompassing religious scholars, Hindu temple boards and more, said Vasudha Narayanan, a religion professor …